Isolation of 21 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1200-1202

  Fike, Jennifer A ^a   Beasley, James C ^a   Rhodes Jr , Olin E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Didelphis virginiana; Marsupial; Microsatellite; Virginia opossum

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; METATHERIA;

EID: 67649880592     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02606.x     Document Type: Article

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