Isolation and characterization of tetranucleotide microsatellites from the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 457-460

  Alstad, Travis I ^a   Shamblin, Brian M ^a   Bagley, Dean A ^b   Ehrhart, Llewellyn M ^b   Nairn, Campbell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermochelys coriacea; Individual identity; Leatherback turtle; Microsatellite; Population structure

Indexed keywords

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84859822884     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-010-9378-z     Document Type: Article

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