Development of twenty-three novel microsatellite markers for the seagrass, Zostera muelleri from Australia

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 689-693

  Sherman, Craig D H ^a   Stanley, Annalise M ^a   Keough, Michael J ^b   Gardner, Michael G ^c,d   Macreadie, Peter I ^e  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asexual; Clonal; Dispersal; Gene flow; Genetic structure; Life history; Mating system; Recruitment; Seagrass; Sexual; Zostera capricorni

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880966870     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-012-9623-8     Document Type: Article

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