Novel microsatellite DNA loci for Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1345-1352

  Stolle, Eckart ^a   Rohde, Mandy ^a   Vautrin, Dominique ^b   Solignac, Michel ^b   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^c   Schmid Hempel, Regula ^c   Moritz, Robin F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Bumblebee; Microsatellites; Molecular markers

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 68949129003     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02610.x     Document Type: Article

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