The genus
Twenty‐four novel microsatellite markers (16 nuclear and eight chloroplast) were developed from
These markers are promising tools to study the population genetics of sexual
Rapid anthropogenic land use change threatens the primary habitat of the Chestnut short-tailed bat (
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10019428
- Publisher / Repository:
- PeerJ
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- PeerJ
- Volume:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 2167-8359
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- e2465
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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