Characterisation of twenty-one European badger (Meles meles) microsatellite loci facilitates the discrimination of second-order relatives

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 515-518

  Annavi, Geetha ^a,b   Dawson, Deborah A ^a,c   Horsburgh, Gavin J ^a   Greig, Carolyn ^c   Dugdale, Hannah L ^a,d   Newman, Chris ^b   Macdonald, David W ^b   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European badger; Meles meles; Microsatellite; Mustelidae; Parentage; X chromosome linked locus

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 84859835245     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-011-9392-9     Document Type: Article

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