Extremely low mitochondrial DNA control-region sequence variation in the otter Lutra lutra population of Denmark

Hereditas

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-336

  Mucci, N ^a   Pertoldi, C ^b   Madsen, A B ^c   Loeschcke, V ^b   Randi, E ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Department of Landscape Ecology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; DENMARK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA;

EID: 0032833977     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1999.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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