Allozyme variation of the egyptian rousette (Rousettus egyptiacus; Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) in the Gulf of Guinea (West-Central Africa)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 499-508

  Juste B , Javier ^a,c   Machordom, Annie ^b   Ibañez, Carlos ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Rousette; allozyme; fruit bats; island genetics; population variation; Pteropodidae; Rousettus egyptiacus

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME;

ARTICLE; BAT; CENTRAL AFRICA; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; TAXONOMY;

ROUSETTUS EGYPTIACUS;

EID: 12644251050     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(96)00055-5     Document Type: Article

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