Cytogenetics of mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies from Jordan (Spalacidae, Rodentia)

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 336-346

  Ivanitskaya, Elena ^a   Nevo, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chromosomal; Differentiation; Jordan; Spalax ehrenbergi

Indexed keywords

SPALAX EHRENBERGI;

EID: 0031646773     PISSN: 00443468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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