Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in the mangrove mud-nesting ant, Polyrhachis sokolova

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1239-1241

  Bay, Line K ^a   Crozier, Y Ching ^b   Crozier, Ross H ^b  

^a Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant; Microsatellite; Mud nesting; Polyrhachis; Primer

Indexed keywords

POLYRHACHIS; POLYRHACHIS SOKOLOVA;

EID: 35848950942     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01843.x     Document Type: Article

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