Hare populations in Europe: Intra and interspecific analysis of mtDNA variation

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 326, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Pierpaoli, Massimo ^a   Riga, Francesco ^a   Trocchi, Valter ^a   Randi, Ettore ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lepus; mtDNA control region; Population genetics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; LAGOMORPH; POPULATION GENETICS; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLACIER; HAPLOTYPE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ITALY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ITALY; SICILY;

LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS CORSICANUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0141829120     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1631-0691(03)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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