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A PCR-based molecular identification key to the glochidia of European freshwater mussels (Unionidae)

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  1. Zoologisches Institut, Germany

    Nils Gerke

  2. Institut für Haustierkunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstraße 40, D-24098, Kiel, Germany

    Ralph Tiedemann

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Gerke, N., Tiedemann, R. A PCR-based molecular identification key to the glochidia of European freshwater mussels (Unionidae). Conservation Genetics 2, 285–287 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012251414553

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  • freshwater mussels
  • glochidia
  • ITS
  • molecular identification
  • Unionidae