Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) reveals that female Bechstein's bats live in closed societies

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 793-800

  Kerth, Gerald ^a,c   Mayer, Frieder ^b   König, Barbara ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Microsatellites; mtDNA; Myotis bechsteinii; Population structure; Social behaviour; Transponder

Indexed keywords

BAT; GENETIC VARIANCE; HAPLOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI;

EID: 0034130753     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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