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Microsatellite markers suggest high genetic diversity in an urban population of Cooper’s hawks (Accipiter cooperii)

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Lisa Bates from Tucson Wildlife Centre for the A. cooperii sample reference. We thank the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) for the Ph.D. Grant SFRH/BD/77872/2011 to F. Morinha. This work was partially supported by a grant from Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD).

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  1. FRANCISCO MORINHA

    Present address: Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Quinta de Prados, P.O. Box 1013, 5000-801, Vila Real, Portugal

  2. SÓNIA GOMES

    Present address: Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), University of Lisboa, Faculty of Sciences, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal

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  1. Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Genomics and Biotechnology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (IBB/CGB-UTAD), Quinta de Prados, P.O. Box 1013, 5000-801, Vila Real, Portugal

    FRANCISCO MORINHA, SÓNIA GOMES, HENRIQUE GUEDES-PINTO & ESTELA BASTOS

  2. Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Quinta de Prados, P.O. Box 1013, 5000-801, Vila Real, Portugal

    ESTELA BASTOS

  3. Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Quinta de Prados, P.O. Box 1013, 5000-801, Vila Real, Portugal

    PEDRO SILVEIRA RAMOS & ESTELA BASTOS

  4. School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Biological Sciences East Room 325, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    ROBERT WILLIAM MANNAN & HENRIQUE GUEDES-PINTO

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[Morinha F., Ramos P. S., Gomes S., Mannan R. W., Guedes-Pinto H. and Bastos E. 2016 Microsatellite markers suggest high genetic diversity in an urban population of Cooper’s hawks (Accipiter cooperii). J. Genet. 95, e19–e24. Online only: http://www.ias.ac.in/jgenet/OnlineResources/95/e19.pdf]

This study was designed, developed, analysed and totally supported by Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Genomics and Biotechnology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (IBB/CGB-UTAD), Quinta de Prados, P.O. Box 1013, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.

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MORINHA, F., RAMOS, P.S., GOMES, S. et al. Microsatellite markers suggest high genetic diversity in an urban population of Cooper’s hawks (Accipiter cooperii). J Genet 95 (Suppl 1), 19–24 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-016-0695-1

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