Isolation and development of 12 polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite markers for the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-91

  Unger, Shem D ^a   Fike, Jennifer A ^a   Sutton, Trent ^b   Rhodes Jr , Olin E ^a   Williams, Rod N ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Genetics; Hellbender

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS ALLEGANIENSIS;

EID: 84859972129     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-009-9170-0     Document Type: Article

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