Evolutionary relationships among hares from North Africa (Lepus sp. or Lepus spp.), cape hares (L. capensis) from South Africa, and brown hares (L. europaeus), as inferred from mtDNA PCR-RFLP and allozyme data

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-99

  Ben Slimen, H ^a   Suchentrunk, F ^b   Memmi, A ^c   Sert, H ^d   Kryger, U ^e   Alves, P C ^f   Ben Ammar Elgaaied, A ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^d AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Gene pool differentiation; Hares; Leporidae; Lepus; mtDNA PCR RFLP; Phylogenetic relationships

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LAGOMORPH; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPORIDAE; LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; LEPUS SP.;

EID: 33645294052     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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