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Development of a microsatellite primer set to investigate the genetic population structure of Armadillidium nasatum (Crustacea, Oniscidea)

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Acknowledgements

This study is part of a programme ʻEcosystem Servicesʼ (coord. D. Bouchon) granted by the Fédération de Recherche en Ecologie et Développement Durable (FR CNRS 3097) and supported by the Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). R. Cordaux was supported by an European Research Council Starting Grant (FP7/2007-2013, grant 260729 EndoSexDet). We wish to thank Sophie Beltran, Isabelle Marcade, Tiffany Laverre, Mathieu Sicard and Alexandra Lafitte for providing samples of A. vulgare, Porcellionides pruinosus, A. depressum and Porcellio dilatatus dilatatus.

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    SÉVERINE MASSON, CÉDRIC FAIVRE, ISABELLE GIRAUD, CATHERINE SOUTY-GROSSET, RICHARD CORDAUX, CARINE DELAUNAY, DIDIER BOUCHON & NICOLAS BECH

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Masson S., Faivre C., Giraud I., Souty-Grosset C., Cordaux R., Delaunay C., Bouchon D. and Bech N. 2014 Development of a microsatellite primer set to investigate the genetic population structure of Armadillidium nasatum (Crustacea, Oniscidea). J. Genet. 93, xx–xx

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MASSON, S., FAIVRE, C., GIRAUD, I. et al. Development of a microsatellite primer set to investigate the genetic population structure of Armadillidium nasatum (Crustacea, Oniscidea). J Genet 93, 545–549 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-014-0400-1

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