Genetic evidence of extensive introgression of short-tailed ground squirrel genes in a hybridization zone of Spermophilus major and S. erythrogenys, inferred from sequencing of the mtDNA cytochrome b gene

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 802-809

  Spiridonova, L N ^a   Chelomina, G N ^a   Tsuda, K ^b   Yonekawa, H ^c   Starikov, V P ^d  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d SURGUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CITELLUS; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS ERYTHROGENYS; SPERMOPHILUS MAJOR; SPERMOPHILUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 33748329693     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: 16083369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1022795406070167     Document Type: Article

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