Isolation and characterization of 18 microsatellite markers for the brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1037-1039

  Moss, Wynne E ^a   Peery, M Zachariah ^a   Gutiérrez Espeleta, Gustavo A ^b   Vaughan, Christopher ^a,c   Herrera, Geovanny ^a   Pauli, Jonathan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c Associated Colleges of the Midwest   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Microsatellite; Neotropical forests; Three toed sloth; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867604962     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-012-9701-y     Document Type: Article

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