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Development and characterization of 13 polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers for the pond green frog (Rana nigromaculata)

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  1. College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People’s Republic of China

    Jie Gong, Hong Lan, Sheng-Guo Fang & Qiu-Hong Wan

  2. State Conservation Center for Gene Resources of Endangered Wildlife and the Key Laboratory of Conservation Genetics and Reproductive Biology for Endangered Wild Animals of the Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, 310058, People’s Republic of China

    Jie Gong, Hong Lan, Sheng-Guo Fang & Qiu-Hong Wan

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Gong, J., Lan, H., Fang, SG. et al. Development and characterization of 13 polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers for the pond green frog (Rana nigromaculata). J Genet 92 (Suppl 1), 7–10 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-011-0004-y

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