Microsatellite markers for mating system and population analyses of the spectacled caiman caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-184

  de Oliveira, Deyla Paula ^a   Farias, Izeni Pires ^a   Marioni, Boris ^b   Campos, Zilca ^c   Hrbek, Tomas ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b Piagaçu Institute   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caiman crocodilus; Microsatellite loci; Population analysis; Spectacled caiman; System of mating analysis

Indexed keywords

CACERES; CAIMAN CROCODILUS;

EID: 84859964096     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-010-9221-6     Document Type: Article

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