STR/microsatellite primers for the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, and its congeners

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-368

  Edwards, T ^a   Lathrop, A ^b   Ngo, A ^b   Choffe, K ^b   Murphy, R W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gopherus; Microsatellite; Primers; STR; Testudinidae; Tortoise

Indexed keywords

GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; GOPHERUS BERLANDIERI; GOPHERUS FLAVOMARGINATUS; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 79960051891     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-010-9363-6     Document Type: Note

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