Isolation of microsatellite loci from the coqui frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-141

  Peters, Maureen B ^a   Beard, Karen H ^b   Hagen, Cris ^a   O'Neill, Eric M ^b   Mock, Karen E ^b   Pitt, William C ^c   Glenn, Travis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA APHIS Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Conservation genetics; Invasive species; Population structure; Primer; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI;

EID: 36849005454     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01899.x     Document Type: Article

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