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SUBMITTER: Pruett CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4636899 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pruett Christin L CL Wan Leping L Li Tianyu T Spern Cory C Lance Stacey L SL Glenn Travis T Faircloth Brant B Winker Kevin K
BMC research notes 20151106
<h4>Background</h4>A priority for conservation is the identification of endemic populations. We developed microsatellite markers for common raven (Corvus corax), a bird species with a Holarctic distribution, to identify and assess endemic populations in Alaska.<h4>Results</h4>From a total of 50 microsatellite loci, we isolated and characterized 15 loci. Eight of these loci were polymorphic and readily scoreable. Eighteen to 20 common ravens from Fairbanks, Alaska were genotyped showing the follo ...[more]