A mitochondrial cytochrome b phylogeny confirms the paraphyly of the Dendromurinae Alston, 1896 (Muridae, Rodentia)

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 780-785

  Verheyen, E ^a   Colyn, M ^b   Verheyen, W ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROMURINAE; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030440640     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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