Chromosomal evolution in the African Arvicanthine rats (Murinae, Rodentia): Comparative cytogenetics of Lemniscomys (L. zebra, L. rosalia, L. striatus) and Arvicanthis dembeensis

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 223-231

  Castiglia, Riccardo ^a   Fadda, C ^b,c   Corti, M ^a   Scanzani, A ^a   Verheyen, W ^b   Capanna, E ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Arvicanthis; Chromosome evolution; Lemniscomys; Muridae

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; RODENT;

BENIN; TANZANIA;

ARVICANTHIS; ARVICANTHIS DEMBEENSIS; LEMNISCOMYS ROSALIA; LEMNISCOMYS STRIATUS; LEMNISCOMYS ZEBRA; MURIDAE; MURINAE; ROBERTSONIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036940130     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0469.2002.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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