Genetic variability in the complete mitochondrial control region of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in the Iberian Peninsula

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 397-403

  Perez Haro M ^a   Vinas J ^a   Manas F ^a   Batet, A ^b   Ruiz Olmo, J ^b   Pla, C ^a,b  

^a Departament de Biologia   (Spain)

^b Direcció General de Medi Natural ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Control region; Mitochondrial DNA; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION;

CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 28944438524     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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