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Fast and cost-effective mining of microsatellite markers using NGS technology: an example of a Korean water deer Hydropotes inermis argyropus.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Yu Jeong-Nam, Won Changman, Jun Jumin, Lim Youngwoon, Kwak Myounghai
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BACKGROUND: Microsatellites, a special class of repetitive DNA sequence, have become one of the most popular genetic markers for population/conservation genetic studies. However, its application to endangered species has been impeded by high development costs, a lack of available sequences, and technical difficulties. The water deer Hydropotes inermis is the sole existing endangered species of the subfamily...
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