Isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite loci in the endangered Worthen's Sparrow (Spizella wortheni)

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-153

  Canales Delgadillo, Julio ^a   Scott Morales, Laura ^a,b   Niehuis, Oliver ^a   Korb, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aves; Emberizidae; Microsatellites; New world sparrows; Spizella wortheni

Indexed keywords

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; PASSERIDAE; SPIZELLA WORTHENI;

EID: 84860218884     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-010-9203-8     Document Type: Article

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