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Foot mucus and periostracum fraction as non-destructive source of DNA in the land snail Arianta arbustorum, and the development of new microsatellite loci

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  1. Department of Integrative Biology, Section of Conservation Biology, University of Basel, St Johanns-Vorstadt 10, CH-4056, Basel

    G. F. J. Armbruster & B. Baur

  2. ECOGENICS GmbH, Wagistrasse 23, CH-8952, Schlieren, Switzerland

    B. Koller

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Armbruster, G.F.J., Koller, B. & Baur, B. Foot mucus and periostracum fraction as non-destructive source of DNA in the land snail Arianta arbustorum, and the development of new microsatellite loci. Conserv Genet 6, 313–316 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-004-7823-9

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