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A low rate of cross-species microsatellite amplification success in Ranid frogs

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    Craig R. Primmer & Juha Merilä

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Primmer, C.R., Merilä, J. A low rate of cross-species microsatellite amplification success in Ranid frogs. Conservation Genetics 3, 445–449 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020519218836

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