Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for Cryptococcus neoformans

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1136-1138

  Karaoglu, Haydar ^a,b,c   Lee, Crystal Man Ying ^b   Carter, Dee ^a   Meyer, Wieland ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Plant Breeding Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans species complex; Discriminatory power; Genetic diversity; Microsatellite; Molecular types; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 50849122308     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02196.x     Document Type: Article

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