Microsatellite markers for the cardinal tetra Paracheirodon axelrodi, a commercially important fish from central Amazonia

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 330-332

  Beheregaray, L B ^a   Moller L M ^a   Schwartz, T S ^a   Chao, N L ^b   Caccone, A ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon rain forest; Characidae; Conservation genetics; Microsatellites; Paracheirodon axelrodi; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

CHARACIDAE; PARACHEIRODON; PARACHEIRODON AXELRODI; PISCES; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 4344574074     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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