Isolation and characterization of 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) and cross-species amplification

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-52

  Roden, Suzanne E ^a   Dutton, Peter H ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross species amplification; Dermochelys coriacea; Leatherback turtle; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; NATATOR DEPRESSA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79960615114     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-010-9284-4     Document Type: Article

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