A novel primer set for multilocus phylogenetic inference in East African cichlid fishes

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1097-1104

  Meyer, Britta S ^a   Salzburger, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Cichlid species flocks; Nuclear markers; Organismal diversification

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LAKE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; LAKES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 84867540210     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03169.x     Document Type: Article

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