Highly polymorphic microsatellites in the North American snakeweed grasshopper, Hesperotettix viridis

Journal of Orthoptera Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-21

  Grace, Tony ^a   Joern, Anthony ^a   Apple, Jennifer L ^b   Brown, Susan J ^a   Wisely, Samantha M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Hesperotettix viridis; host associated divergence; local adaptation; microsatellite markers; snakeweed grasshopper

Indexed keywords

HESPEROTETTIX VIRIDIS; MELANOPLINAE;

EID: 77957592523     PISSN: 10826467     EISSN: 19372426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1665/034.018.0111     Document Type: Article

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