Biochemical genetic variability in brown hares (Lepus europaeus) from Greece

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 127-140

  Suchentrunk, Franz ^a   Mamuris, Zissis ^b   Sfougaris, Athanassios I ^b   Stamatis, Costas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Brown hare; Greece; Lepus europaeus; Mediterranean; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREECE; HARE; HORIZONTAL STARCH GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BULGARIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREECE; HARES; ISOENZYMES; LIVER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STATISTICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037674948     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023354709392     Document Type: Article

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