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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Aitken, Nicola
• Hay, Jennifer M
• Sarre, Stephen D
• Lambert, David M
• Daugherty, Charles H

Titel

Microsatellite DNA markers for tuatara (Sphenodon spp.)

Ist Teil von

• Conservation genetics, 2001, Vol.2 (2), p.183-185

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer Nature B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

SpringerLINK Contemporary (Konsortium Baden-Württemberg)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Ecological studies of the tuatara are difficult owing to a range of life history characteristics. In particular, tuatara mature late (13-20 years), have a slow reproductive cycle (4 to 5 years), and a long life span (>100 years). Therefore, we have isolated and characterised six microsatellite loci in Cook Strait Sphenodon punctatus, and have tested these loci for amplification in populations of S. guntheri and northern and Cook Strait S. punctatus.