Relatedness structure and individual identification in a semi-fossorial shrew (Soricidae: Anourosorex squamipes) - An application of microsatellite DNA

Zoological Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 226-232

  Yu, Hon Tsen ^a   Liao, Yu Ying ^a   Kao, Chen Hung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anourosorex; Microsatellite DNA; Relatedness; Shrew; Sociality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035402753     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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