Phylogenetic relationships among six flying squirrel genera, inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 485-488

  Oshida, Tatsuo ^a   Lin, Liang Kong ^b   Yanagawa, Hisashi ^c   Endo, Hideki ^d   Masuda, Ryuichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELOMYS; GLAUCOMYS; HYLOPETES; PETAURISTA; PETAURISTINAE; PETINOMYS; PTEROMYS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0034178598     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.485     Document Type: Article

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