New polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellites improve scoring accuracy in the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 531-534

  Nater, Alexander ^a   Kopps, Anna M ^a   KrÜtzen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Genotyping accuracy; Stutter bands; Tetranucleotide microsatellites; Tursiops aduncus

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 60349104209     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02246.x     Document Type: Article

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