Development and characterization of 16 microsatellite markers for the Louisiana pine snake, Pituophis ruthveni, and two congeners of conservation concern

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-166

  Kwiatkowski, Matthew A ^a   Somers, Christopher M ^b   Poulin, Ray G ^b,c   Craig Rudolph, D ^d   Martino, Jessica ^b   Tuberville, Tracey D ^e   Hagen, Cris ^e   Lance, Stacey L ^e  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL SASKATCHEWAN MUSEUM   (Canada)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullsnake; Louisiana pine snake; Microsatellite; PCR primers; Pine snake; Pituophis; SSR; STR

Indexed keywords

PITUOPHIS; PITUOPHIS CATENIFER; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS; PITUOPHIS RUTHVENI;

EID: 84860014103     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-010-9208-3     Document Type: Article

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