Identification and characterization of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 648-650

  Booth, W ^a   Bogdanowicz, S M ^b   Prodohl P A ^c   Harrison, R G ^b   Schal, C ^a   Vargo, E L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B. asahinai; B. germanica; Dinucleotide microsatellite; Multiplex PCR; Tetranucleotide microsatellite; Trinucleotide microsatellite

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA ASAHINAI; BLATTELLA GERMANICA;

EID: 34249885203     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01663.x     Document Type: Article

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