Y chromosome microsatellite markers identified from the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) and their amplification in three other macropod species

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1202-1204

  Macdonald, Anna J ^a   Sankovic, Natasha ^b   Sarre, Stephen D ^a   Fitzsimmons, Nancy N ^a   Wakefield, Matthew J ^b,c   Graves, Jennifer A Marshall ^b   Zenger, Kyall R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marsupial Y chromosome; Sex chromosome; Simple sequence repeat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 33751350269     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01491.x     Document Type: Article

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