Mononucleotide repeats represent an important source of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Aspergillus nidulans

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 572-578

  Christians, Julian K ^a   Watt, Cortney A ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Fungi; Microsatellites; Polymorphism; Short tandem repeats; Simple sequence repeats

Indexed keywords

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 60349124979     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02395.x     Document Type: Article

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