Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 798-800

  Ramírez Macías, Dení ^a   Shaw, Kristine ^b   Ward, Rocky ^b   Galván Magaña, Felipe ^c   Vázquez Juárez, Ricardo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Genomic library; Microsatellites; Rhincodon typus; Rhincodontidae; Whale shark

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 65249120224     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02197.x     Document Type: Article

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