Measuring similarity among hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) of known relatedness with DNA fingerprinting

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 594-603

  Descalzi, Marcela ^a   Cameron, Guy N ^a,c   Jacobson, James W ^a,b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b Western Technologies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Hispid cotton rat; Relatedness; Sigmodon hispidus; Social structure

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MAMMALIA; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0004872299     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382989     Document Type: Article

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