Development of 14 microsatellite markers in the Queensland koala (Phascolarctos cinereus adustus) using next generation sequencing technology

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 429-431

  Ruiz Rodriguez, Christina T ^a   Ishida, Yasuko ^a   Greenwood, Alex D ^b   Roca, Alfred L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

454 GS FLX technology; Northern Australian koalas; San Diego Zoo; Short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900789566     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-0115-2     Document Type: Letter

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