Genetic structure in a solitary rodent (Ctenomys talarum): Implications for kinship and dispersal

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2511-2523

  Cutrera, A P ^a   Lacey, E A ^b   Busch, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ctenomys; Dispersal; Genetic structure; Kinship; Microsatellites; Tuco tucos

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENTIA; SEX FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21244445439     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02551.x     Document Type: Article

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