Systematics of Maxomys Sody, 1936 (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae): DNA/DNA hybridization studies of some Borneo-Javan species and allied Sundaic and Australo-Papuan genera

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-408

  Ruedas, Luis A ^a   Kirsch, John A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Evolutionary rates; Molecular evolution; Sunda Shelf

Indexed keywords

BANDICOTA; BERYLMYS; CRICETINAE; LEOPOLDAMYS; MAXOMYS; MAXOMYS BARTELSII; MAXOMYS OCHRACEIVENTER; MAXOMYS SODY; MAXOMYS SURIFER; MAXOMYS WHITEHEADI; MELOMYS; MURIDAE; MURINAE; MUS; MYOMYS; NIVIVENTER; PEROMYSCUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE; SUNDAMYS; UROMYS;

EID: 0030809020     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0129     Document Type: Article

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