Origin and evolution of the Robertsonian populations of the house mouse (Rodentia, Muridae) in Tunisia based on allozyme studies

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 515-521

  Brahim, Ikhyarhoum Ould ^a   Chatti, Noureddine ^a   Britton Davidian, Janice ^b   Saïd, Khaled ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosomal evolution; Divergence; Founder effect; Rb fusion; Speciation

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; RODENT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA; WORLD;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 15944422552     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00452.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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