Quaternary radiation and genetic structure of the red fox Vulpes vulpes in the Mediterranean Basin, as revealed by allozymes and mitochondrial DNA

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-51

  Frati, F ^a   Hartl, G B ^b   Lovari, S ^a   Delibes, M ^c   Markov, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Haplotypes; Mitochondrial DNA; Population genetics; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; QUATERNARY;

MEDITTERRANEAN;

VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0031839582     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998005056     Document Type: Article

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