Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii)

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-162

  Faircloth, Brant C ^a   Ramos, Alejandra ^b   Drummond, Hugh ^b   Gowaty, Patricia Adair ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Blue footed booby; Microsatellites; SSRs; Sula nebouxii; Sulidae

Indexed keywords

SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 84859992516     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-009-9038-3     Document Type: Article

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