A rapid molecular method to detect the invasive golden apple snail Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822)

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 591-593

  Cooke, G M ^a,b   King, A G ^a   Miller, L ^a,c   Johnson, R N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Level 6   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ampullariidae; COI; Invasive species; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891664045     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-011-9599-9     Document Type: Article

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