Microsatellite analysis of a hybrid zone between chromosomally divergent populations of Ctenomys minutus from southern Brazil (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1201-1206

  Gava, Adriana ^a   De Freitas, Thales R O ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ctenomys minutus; Hybrid zone; Microsatellites; Population differentiation; Subterranean rodent

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; HYBRID ZONE; RODENT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS MINUTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 11144220948     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BEL-017.1     Document Type: Article

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