Eleven new microsatellite markers for the tropical sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla and cross-amplification in Tripneustes ventricosa

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1002-1004

  Carlon, David B ^a   Lippé, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Herbivores; Null alleles; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; ECHINOIDEA; TRIPNEUSTES; TRIPNEUSTES GRATILLA; TRIPNEUSTES VENTRICOSUS;

EID: 35848935207     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01755.x     Document Type: Article

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