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Microsatellites for the marsh fritillary butterfly: de novo transcriptome sequencing, and a comparison with amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Smee Melanie R, Pauchet Yannick, Wilkinson Paul, Wee Brian, Singer Michael C, ffrench-Constant Richard H, Hodgson David J, Mikheyev Alexander S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Until recently the isolation of microsatellite markers from Lepidoptera has proved troublesome, expensive and time-consuming. Following on from a previous study of Edith's checkerspot butterfly, Euphydryas editha, we developed novel microsatellite markers for the vulnerable marsh fritillary butterfly, E. aurinia. Our goal was to optimize the process in order to reduce both time and cost relative to...
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