Development of nine new microsatellite loci for the American beaver, Castor canadensis (Rodentia: Castoridae), and cross-species amplification in the European beaver, Castor fiber

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 551-554

  Pelz Serrano, Karla ^a   Munguia Vega, Adrian ^a   Piaggio, Antoinette J ^b   Neubaum, Melissa ^b   Munclinger, Pavel ^c   PÁrtl, Adam ^c   Van Riper Iii, Charles ^a   Culver, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beaver; Castor canadensis; Castor fibre; Cross species amplification success; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 60349111663     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02364.x     Document Type: Article

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