Karyotypic and genetic divergence in the ethiopian myomys - stenocephalemys complex (Mammalia, Rodentia)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-349

  Corti, Marco ^a   Scanzani, Alessandra ^a   Rossi, Anna Rita ^a   Civitelli, Maria Vittoria ^a   Bekele, Afework ^b   Capanna, Ernesto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Myomys; Stenocephalemys African rodents Chromosomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005099153     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009909356275     Document Type: Article

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