Eight microsatellite loci characterised in the European blackbird, Turdus merula

• Published in: Journal of ornithology Vol. 149; no. 1; pp. 131 - 133
• Main Authors: Segelbacher, Gernot, Sacher, Thomas, Schwarzenberger, Anke, Woitsch, Sonja, Bairlein, Franz, Coppack, Timothy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: breeding season; Breeding seasons; Ecology; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; Genetic markers; Germany; kinship; Life Sciences; microsatellite repeats; Microsatellites; North Sea; polymerase chain reaction; Population genetics; Population studies; Shorte Note; songbirds; Turdus merula; Zoology; North Sea; Germany; Microsatellites; Molecular marker; Population differentiation; Polymorphism

Although the European blackbird, Turdus merula , is one of the most abundant and conspicuous songbirds of the Western Palaearctic and, as such, has been subject of numerous behavioural and ecological studies, there is to date no specific, PCR-based marker system for this species, and information on...