Isolation and characterization of 15 polymorphic microsatellites in the Plethodontid salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 966-969

  Devitt, Thomas J ^a   Pereira, Ricardo ^b   Jakkula, Lakshmi ^c   Alexandrino, João ^d   Bardeleben, Carolyne ^e   Moritz, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensatina; Microsatellite; Plethodontid; Plethodontidae; Ring species; Salamander

Indexed keywords

ENSATINA; ENSATINA ESCHSCHOLTZII; ENSATINA ESCHSCHOLTZII XANTHOPTICA; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 65249168756     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02518.x     Document Type: Article

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