Genetic divergence in the genus Arvicanthis (rodentia: murinae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 403-409

  Capula, Massimo ^a   Civitelli, Maria V ^a   Corti, Marco ^a   Bekele, Afework ^b   Capanna, Ernesto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Arvicanthis; Evolutionary relationships; Genetic differentiation; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHIOPIA; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030793590     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(96)00109-3     Document Type: Article

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