Isolation and characterisation of 17 microsatellite loci for the red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 737-740

  Wenzel, M A ^a   Webster, L M I ^a   Segelbacher, G ^b   Reid, J M ^a   Piertney, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chough; Corvidae; Cross species; Genetic diversity; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CORVIDAE; CORVUS MONEDULA; PYRRHOCORAX; PYRRHOCORAX GRACULUS; PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX;

EID: 84859819939     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-011-9446-z     Document Type: Article

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