Twelve new polymorphic microsatellite markers from the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) and cross-species amplification on other marine turtle species

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1045-1049

  Monzón Argüello, Catalina ^a   Muñoz, Joaquín ^b   Marco, Adolfo ^b   López Jurado, Luis Felipe ^c   Rico, Ciro ^b  

^a Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Dinucleotide repeats; Marine turtle; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BREEDING POPULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; TURTLE;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 50049085341     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9446-4     Document Type: Article

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