Phylogenetic position of the Japanese river otter Lutra nippon inferred from the nucleotide sequence of 224 bp of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene

Zoological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 621-626

  Suzuki, Tomohiko ^a   Yuasa, Hajime ^a   Machida, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA; FOSSILS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OTTERS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030207823     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.13.621     Document Type: Article

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