Geographical variations in chromosomes of the greater Japanese shrew-mole, Urotrichus talpoides (mammalia: insectivora)

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 433-442

  Harada, Masashi ^a   Ando, Akiro ^b   Tsuchiya, Kimiyuki ^c   Koyasu, Kazuhiro ^d  

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

^b Shimane Women's College   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTIVORA; ISTHMIA; MAMMALIA; NEUROTRICHUS GIBBSII; TALPIDAE; UROTRICHUS TALPOIDES;

EID: 0035532911     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.433     Document Type: Article

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