Polyphyletic Origin of the Small-Bodied, High-Arctic Subspecies of Tundra Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-159

  Gravlund, Peter ^a   Meldgaard, Morten ^b   Pääbo, Svante ^c   Arctander, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS PEARYI;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REINDEER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; DNA; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REINDEER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032176502     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0525     Document Type: Article

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