Biometric and genetic evaluation of Spermophilus (Mammalia: Rodentia) populations in western Turkey

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-198

  Yigit, Nuri ^a   Neumann, Karsten ^b   Ozkurt, Sakir ^c   Colak, Ercüment ^a   Çolak, Reyhan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KARYOTYPE; RODENT;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS CITELLUS; SPERMOPHILUS XANTHOPRYMNUS;

EID: 33745042673     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/BQ3N-H0F6-VAXH-MHUQ     Document Type: Article

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