Successful analysis of AFLPs from non-lethally sampled wing tissues in butterflies

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2021-2024

  Keyghobadi, Nusha ^a   Crawford, Lindsay A ^a   Maxwell, Sheri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFLP; Conservation; Insect; Lepidoptera; Non destructive sampling

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 71349084644     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9884-2     Document Type: Note

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