Coat colour and chromosome variation in central European populations of the weasel (Mustela nivalis)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 265-274

  Zima, Jan ^a,b   Cenevova, Elena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Karyotype; Pelage coloration; Systematics; Weasel

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; COLOR; MUSTELID; PELAGE; TAXONOMY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; SLOVAKIA;

MAMMALIA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 0036960597     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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