Microsatellite loci in the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 500-502

  Dasmahapatra, K K ^a   Lessells, C M ^b   Mateman, A C ^b   Amos, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bee eater; Coraciiformes; Meropidae; Merops apiaster; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; AVES; CORACIIFORMES; MEROPIDAE; MEROPS; MEROPS APIASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 4344700791     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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