Isolation and characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the vulnerable spectacled flying fox, Pteropus conspicillatus

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1013-1016

  Fox, Samantha ^a   Waycott, Michelle ^a   Dunshea, Glenn ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flying fox; Microsatellites; Pteropodidae

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BAT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENOME; POPULATION GENETICS;

PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS ALECTO; PTEROPUS CONSPICILLATUS; PTEROPUS RODRICENSIS;

EID: 34547115933     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9223-9     Document Type: Article

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