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Isolation and characterization of fifteen polymorphic microsatellite loci for the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), and cross-amplification in two other mealybug species

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  1. Computational Biology and Population Genomics Group, Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal

    RENATA F. MARTINS, OCTÁVIO S. PAULO & SOFIA G. SEABRA

  2. Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 1349-017, Lisboa, Portugal

    VERA ZINA, ELSA BORGES DA SILVA & JOSÉ CARLOS FRANCO

  3. Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal

    MARIA TERESA REBELO

  4. Centro de Engenharia dos Biossistemas, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 1349-017, Lisboa, Portugal

    ELISABETE FIGUEIREDO

  5. Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel

    ZVI MENDEL

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Martins R. F., Zina V., Silva E. B., Rebelo M. T., Figueiredo E., Mendel Z., Paulo O. S., Franco J. C. and Seabra S. G. 2012 Isolation and characterization of fifteen polymorphic microsatellite loci for the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), and cross-amplification in two other mealybug species. J. Genet. 91, e75–e78. Online only: http://www.ias.ac.in/jgenet/OnlineResources/91/e75.pdf

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MARTINS, R.F., ZINA, V., DA SILVA, E.B. et al. Isolation and characterization of fifteen polymorphic microsatellite loci for the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), and cross-amplification in two other mealybug species. J Genet 93 (Suppl 1), 75–78 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-012-0162-6

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