Identification of co-occurring Branchinecta fairy shrimp species from encysted embryos using multiplex polymerase chain reaction

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 767-770

  Vandergast, A G ^a   Wood, D A ^a   Simovich, M ^b   Bohonak, A J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

COI gene; Endangered species; Species identification; Vernal pools

Indexed keywords

ANOSTRACA; BRANCHINECTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 65249096115     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02522.x     Document Type: Article

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