PCR multiplexing for maximising genetic analyses with limited DNA samples: An example in the collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 478-482

  Karaiskou, Nikoletta ^a,b   Primmer, Craig ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; PASSERINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 59149083958     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.045.0602     Document Type: Article

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