Geographic variation of chromosomal polymorphism in nine populations of Ctenomys azarae, Tuco-tucos of the Ctenomys mendocinus group (Rodentia: Octodontidae)

Hereditas

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-211

  Massarini, Alicia I ^a   Dyzenchauz, Fernando J ^b   Tiranti, Sergio I ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Depto de Genet Experimental   (Argentina)

^c Museo Prov Cie Nat Antropologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; NATURAL POPULATION; SPECIES;

CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS AZARAE; CTENOMYS MENDOCINUS; CTENOMYS PORTEOUSI; OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031716537     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1998.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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