Design and implementation of degenerate microsatellite primers for the mammalian clade

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Buschiazzo, Emmanuel ^a,b,c   Beck, Josephine S ^a   Gemmell, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; CHIMPANZEE; CLADISTICS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOG; DOLPHIN; DUGONG; ECHIDNA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEDGEHOG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOTREMATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PILOT WHALE; PLATYPUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SHREW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; MAMMALS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84455161631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029582     Document Type: Article

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