Comparative phylogeography between the ermine Mustela erminea and the least weasel M. nivalis of Palaearctic and Nearctic regions, based on analysis of mitochondrial DNA control region sequences

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1069-1078

  Kurose, Naoko ^a   Abramov, Alexei V ^b   Masuda, Ryuichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ermine; Eurasia; Least weasel; Mitochondorial DNA; Mustela erminea; Mustela nivalis; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSTELIDAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSTELIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELIDAE; NEARCTIC;

EID: 28844485711     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.1069     Document Type: Article

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