Phylogenetic evaluation of three subspecies from the Mustela nivalis group

Zoological Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-442

  Saarma, Urmas ^a,b   Tumanov, Igor L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Research Institute of Nature Conservation of the Arctic and North   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Mustelids; Phylogeny; Speciation; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 33749684668     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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