Characterization of 12 microsatellite primer pairs for the African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus and their conservation across the Psittaciformes

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 163-167

  Taylor, Tiawanna D ^a,b   Parkin, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African grey parrot; Microsatellite; Psittacidae; Psittacus erithacus

Indexed keywords

PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS;

EID: 33846004155     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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