Identification of 15 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the Príncipe seedeater (Serinus rufobrunneus) and assessment of their utility in nine other Serinus species (Fringillidae, Aves)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1266-1268

  Melo, Martim ^a   Hansson, Bengt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian cross species amplification; Canary; Fringillidae; Microsatellite; Seedeater; Serinus

Indexed keywords

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; SERINUS; SERINUS RUFOBRUNNEUS;

EID: 33751316029     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01510.x     Document Type: Article

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