Cytogenetics of the genus Arvicanthis (Rodentia, Muridae): 3. Comparative cytogenetics of A. neumanni and A. nairobae from Tanzania

Genetica

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-39

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

African rodents; Chromosomal evolution; Cytotaxonomy; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MURIDAE; PHYLOGENY; RAT; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; MURIDAE; PHYLOGENY; RATS; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; ARVICANTHIS ABYSSINICUS; ARVICANTHIS BLICKI; ARVICANTHIS NAIROBAE; ARVICANTHIS NEUMANNI; ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS; MURIDAE; ROBERTSONIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037405937     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022903112274     Document Type: Article

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