Polymorphic microsatellite loci and interspecific cross-amplification in the parasitoid wasps Megastigmus stigmatizans and Megastigmus dorsalis

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 421-424

  Garnier, S ^a,b   Verduijn, M ^c   Preuss, S ^a   Wolff, K ^c   Stone, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Bioprofiles Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalcid; Megastigmus; Microsatellite; Parasitoid; Torymid

Indexed keywords

CHALCIDIDAE; CYNIPIDAE; MEGASTIGMUS; MEGASTIGMUS DORSALIS; MEGASTIGMUS STIGMATIZANS; TORYMIDAE;

EID: 38949098618     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01978.x     Document Type: Article

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