Genetic diversity in domestic cats Felis catus of the Tsushima Islands, based on mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b and control region nucleotide sequences

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 627-633

  Tamada, Tsutomu ^a   Kurose, Naoko ^a   Masuda, Ryuichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Control region; Cytochrome b; Felis bengalensis euptilura; Felis catus; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CATS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FELIS; HAPLOTYPES; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PRIONAILURUS BENGALENSIS;

EID: 22544473637     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.627     Document Type: Article

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