Isolation of 22 new Haliaeetus microsatellite loci and their characterization in the critically endangered Madagascar fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vociferoides) and three other Haliaeetus eagle species

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 711-715

  Tingay, Ruth E ^a,b,c   Dawson, Deborah A ^c   Pandhal, Jagroop ^c   Clarke, Michèle L ^b   David, Victor A ^d   Hailer, Frank ^e   Culver, Melanie ^f  

^a Natural Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipitridae; Cross species utility; Eagle; Falconiformes; Haliaeetus; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA; FALCONIFORMES; HALIAEETUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; HALIAEETUS VOCIFEROIDES;

EID: 34447132262     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01690.x     Document Type: Article

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