Seventy new microsatellites for the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca and amplification in other passerine birds

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 874-880

  Leder, E H ^a   Karaiskou, N ^a,b   Primmer, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dinucleotide; Passerine bird; Tetranucleotide; Trinucleotide

Indexed keywords

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; LUSCINIA SVECICA; PASSERIFORMES; PERISOREUS INFAUSTUS;

EID: 47249140351     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02096.x     Document Type: Article

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