Thirty polymorphic microsatellite loci from the critically endangered kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 664-666

  Robertson, Bruce C ^a   Frauenfelder, Nathalie ^b   Eason, Daryl K ^c   Elliott, Graeme ^c   Moorhouse, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ECOGENICS GMBH   (Switzerland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birds; Conservation; Genetic management; Kakapo; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

AVES; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS;

EID: 60349114133     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02506.x     Document Type: Article

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