Ten novel polymorphic dinucleotide microsatellite loci cloned from the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 459-461

  Hoffman, Joseph I ^a   Dasmahapatra, Kanchon K ^b   Nichols, Hazel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fur seal; Heterozygosity; Mating system; Microsatellite; Otariidae; Pinniped; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 38949109575     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01993.x     Document Type: Article

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