Characterization of microsatellite loci in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum): Their use for cross-species amplification and differentiation between the two species

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 239-242

  Nielsen, Lindsey ^a   Meehan Meola, Dawn ^a   Kilbourn, Annelisa ^a   Alcivar Warren, Acacia ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis); Cross species amplification; Heterozygosity; Microsatellites; White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; MAMMAL; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; DICEROS BICORNIS;

EID: 38049043957     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9321-3     Document Type: Article

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