Microsatellite markers for the endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola) and closely related mustelids

This work received partial financial support from three LIFE projects (Conservacion del vison europeo (Mustela lutreola) en Castilla Leon” LIFE 00/NAT/E7229, La Rioja LIFE 00/NAT/E7331 and ‘Alava’ LIFE 00/NAT/E7335), and a project from the Diputacion Foral de Alava (Departamento de Urbanismo y Medio Ambiente) to BJGM, as well as a project of the MEC (REN2001-1514/GLO) to R.Z.