Isolation and characterisation of 11 MHC-linked microsatellite loci in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 463-465

  Cheng, Yuanyuan ^a   Belov, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Marsupial; MHC linked microsatellite; Tasmanian devil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862023547     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-011-9575-4     Document Type: Article

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