Development and cross-species testing of western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) microsatellite primers

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1348-1350

  Ferree, Elise D ^a   Dickinson, Janis L ^a   Kleiber, Danika ^b   Stern, Caitlin A ^c   Haydock, Joey ^d   Stanback, Mark T ^e   Schmidt, Victoria ^d   Eisenberg, Liz ^d   Stolzenburg, Carolyn ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern bluebird; Microsatellites; Paternity; Sialia mexicana; Sialia sialis; Western bluebird

Indexed keywords

SIALIA MEXICANA; SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 55149114434     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02265.x     Document Type: Article

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