Isolation and characterization of fifteen polymorphic microsatellite loci for the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), and cross-amplification in two other mealybug species

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 93, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-78

  Martins, Renata F ^a   Zina, Vera ^b   Da Silva, Elsa Borges ^b   Rebelo, Maria Teresa ^a   Figueiredo, Elisabete ^c   Mendel, Zvi ^d   Paulo, Octávio S ^a   Franco, José Carlos ^b   Seabra, Sofia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coccoidea; microsatellite; next generation sequencing; Planococcus; polyandry; scale insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863968344     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 09737731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-012-0162-6     Document Type: Article

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