Karyological differentiation between two closely related mustelids, the Japanese weasel Mustela itatsi and the Siberian weasel M. Sibirica

Caryologia

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 269-275

  Kurose, Naoko ^a   Masuda, Ryuichi ^a   Aoi, Toshiki ^a   Watanabe, Shigeki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Japanese weasel; Karyological features; Mustela itatsi; Mustela sibirica; Siberian weasel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041030298     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2000.10589205     Document Type: Article

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