Long microsatellites and unusually high levels of genetic diversity in the Orthoptera

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-186

  Chapuis, M P ^a,b,c   Streiff, R ^c   Sword, G A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

microsatellite; mutation; Orthoptera; repeat number

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ORTHOPTERA;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; ORTHOPTERA;

HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 84858334087     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2011.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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