A first insight into the genetic structure (karyotype and mtDNA) of the insular black rats of western Europe;Les populations de rats noirs insulaires de l'ouest de l'Europe. Essai préliminaire de caractérisation génétique (caryotype et ADN mitochondrial)

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 213-218

  Libois, R ^a   Torrico, J ^a,b   Ramalhinho, M G ^c   Michaux, J ^a   Fons, R ^d   Mathias, M L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Museu Nacional de Historia Natural ^*  (Bolivia)

^c Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^d LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Islands; mtDNA; Rattus rattus; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005772834     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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