Molecular phylogeny of East Asian moles inferred from the sequence variation of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-24

  Tsuchiya, Kimiyuki ^a   Suzuki, Hitoshi ^b   Shinohara, Akio ^b   Harada, Masashi ^c   Wakana, Shigeharu ^d   Sakaizumi, Mitsuru ^e   Han, Sang Hoon ^f   Lin, Liang Kong ^g   Kryukov, Alexei P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

^e NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Korea Wildlife Information and Research Center   (South Korea)

^g TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ARTICLE; ASIA; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECTIVORE; JAPAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FAR EAST; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLES; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MOGERA IMAIZUMII; MOGERA INSULARIS; MOGERA TOKUDAE; MOGERA WOGURA; TALPA ALTAICA; TALPA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0034144041     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.75.17     Document Type: Article

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