Micro- and macrogeographical genetic structure of colonies of naked mole-rats Heterocephalus glaber

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 615-628

  Faulkes, C G ^a   Abbott, D H ^b   O'Brien, H P ^a   Lau, L ^c   Roy, M R ^d   Wayne, R K ^c   Bruford, M W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Control region sequence; Cytochrome b sequence; DNA fingerprinting; Genetic variability; Multimale paternity; Naked mole rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BATHYERGIDAE; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; RODENTIA; SOMALIA;

EID: 0031193364     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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