Biochemical genetic relationships among Tunisian hares (Lepus sp.), South African cape hares (L. capensis), and European brown hares (L. europaeus)

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 577-596

  Slimen, Hichem Ben ^a   Suchentrunk, Franz ^b   Memmi, Abdelmajid ^c   Elgaaied, Amel Ben Ammar ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Lepus capensis; Lepus europaeus; Phylogeny; Tunisian hares

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE POOL; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HARE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS;

ANIMALIA; LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; LEPUS SP.; LEPUS TIMIDUS;

EID: 29744453975     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10528-005-9115-6     Document Type: Article

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