Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellites from the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1098-1101

  Miro Herrans, Aida T ^a,b   Velez Zuazo, Ximena ^a   Acevedo, Jenny P ^a   McMillan, W Owen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Nuclear marker; Parentage analysis; Polymorphic loci; Population genetics; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 50849114811     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02143.x     Document Type: Article

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