Multiplex panels of polymorphic microsatellite loci for two cryptic bat species of the genus Pipistrellus, developed by cross-species amplification within the family Vespertilionidae

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 871-873

  Kanuch P ^a,b   Fornuskova A ^c   Bartonicka T ^c   Bryja, J ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Microsatellites; Pipistrellus; Pygmaeus; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 34548227756     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01733.x     Document Type: Article

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