Microsatellite markers for the common vole (Microtus arvalis) and their cross-species utility

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 479-481

  Walser, Barbara ^a   Heckel, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetic markers; Microsatellites; Microtus; Short tandem repeats; STR

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; RODENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MICROTUS THOMASI; MURIDAE;

EID: 43349099458     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9355-6     Document Type: Article

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