Molecular phylogeny of red-backed voles in Far East Asia based on variation in ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 512-521

  Suzuki, Hitoshi ^a   Iwasa, Masahiro ^a   Harada, Masashi ^b   Wakana, Shigeharu ^c   Sakaizumi, Mitsuru ^d   Han, Sang Hoon ^a   Kitahara, Eiji ^e   Kimura, Yoshiyuki ^f   Kartavtseva, Irina ^g   Tsuchiya, Kimiyuki ^h  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Institute of Biology and Soil Science   (Russian Federation)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clethrionomys; Eothenomys; Far East Asia; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular phylogeny; Red backed voles; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; CLETHRIONOMYS RUTILUS; EOTHENOMYS; EOTHENOMYS ANDERSONI; EOTHENOMYS IMAIZUMII; EOTHENOMYS MELANOGASTER; EOTHENOMYS SMITHII; MELANOGASTER; MURIDAE; REGULUS; RUTILUS;

EID: 0000013098     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383297     Document Type: Article

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