Fourteen polymorphic microsatellite loci characterized in the house sparrow Passer domesticus (Passeridae, Aves): Primer note

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 333-336

  Griffith, Simon C ^a,b   Dawson, Deborah A ^a,c   Jensen, Henrik ^b,d   Ockendon, Nancy ^b   Greig, Carolyn ^a   Neumann, Karsten ^e   Burke, Terry ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aves; Cross species utility; House sparrow; Microsatellite; Passeridae; Passerine

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33847381483     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01598.x     Document Type: Review

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