Development of microsatellite markers for the short-beaked echidna using three different approaches

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-224

  Vanp C ^a,b   Buschiazzo, E ^b   Abdelkrim, J ^a,b   Morrow, G ^c   Nicol, S C ^c   Gemmell, N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

454 sequencing; Cross species amplification; Echidna; Genomic library; Microsatellite; Monotremes; Tachyglossus aculeatus.

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; KINSHIP; MONOTREME; POLYMORPHISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; KANGAROO ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PERTH [ONTARIO]; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; TACHYGLOSSUS; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; ZAGLOSSUS;

EID: 70449344714     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO09033     Document Type: Article

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