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Microsatellites for the gynogenetic Amazon molly,Poecilia formosa: useful tools for detection of mutation rate, ploidy determination and overall genetic diversity

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  1. Dunja K. Lamatsch

    Present address: Freshwater Biology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

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  1. Department of Physiological Chemistry I, University of Wuerzburg, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, 97074, Wuerzburg, Germany

    Kathrin P. Lampert, Dunja K. Lamatsch, Susanne Schories, Armin Hopf & Manfred Schartl

  2. Centro de Investigaciones Biolögicas del Noreste, S.C. (CIBNOR, S.C.), Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, 23090, La Paz, BCS, México

    Francisco J. Garcia De Leon

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Lampert, K.P., Lamatsch, D.K., Schories, S. et al. Microsatellites for the gynogenetic Amazon molly,Poecilia formosa: useful tools for detection of mutation rate, ploidy determination and overall genetic diversity. J Genet 85, 67–71 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02728973

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