Genetic variation in the african rodent subfamily otomyinae (muridae): Immuno-electrotransfer of liver proteins of some otomys irroratus (brants 1827) populations

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 157-171

  Contrafatto, G ^a   Van Den Berg, J R ^a   Grace, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Genetic Laboratory   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cladistic analysis; Image analysis; O. irroratus; Otomyines; Otomyines phylogenesis; Otomys angoniensis; Phenetic analysis; SDS PAGE; Speciation; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031501468     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1997.10539333     Document Type: Article

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