Avian genomics: Fledging into the wild!

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 851-865

  Kraus, Robert H S ^a,b   Wink, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetics; Microsatellites; Next generation sequencing; Ornithology; Phylogenomics; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Whole genome

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; DNA; GENOME; GENOMICS; ORNITHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS;

AVES;

EID: 84942278897     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-015-1253-y     Document Type: Review

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