Rapid diversification of South American tuco-tucos (Ctenomys; Rodentia, Ctenomyidae): Contrasting mitochondrial and nuclear intron sequences

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 170-179

  Castillo, Aníbal H ^a   Cortinas, María Noel ^a,b   Lessa, Enrique P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ctenomys; Introns; Nuclear sequences; Rates of diversification; Tuco tucos

Indexed keywords

RODENT;

CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 14044268818     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086<0170:RDOSAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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