Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96 , Pages S21-S24 , April 2002

Microsatellite DNA: a tool for population genetic analysis

  • G.C. Barker

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: G. C. Barker, Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne, Warwick, CV35 9EF, UK.

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