The karyotypes of some rodent species (Mammalia: Rodentia) from eastern Turkey and northern Iran with a new record, Microtus schidlovskii Argyropulo, 1933, from eastern Turkey

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-464

  Yiǧit, Nuri ^a   Gharkheloo, Mohammed Moradi ^b   Çolak, Ercüment ^a   Özkurt, Şakir ^c   Bulut, Şafak ^a   Kankiliç, Tolga ^a   Çolak, Reyhan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Iran; Karyotype; Rodent; Turkey

Indexed keywords

KARYOLOGY; KARYOTYPE; NEW RECORD; RODENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TURKEY;

APODEMUS ICONICUS; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MERIONES LIBYCUS; MERIONES TRISTRAMI; MERIONES VINOGRADOVI; MESOCRICETUS BRANDTI; MICROTUS SCHIDLOVSKII; MICROTUS SOCIALIS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33750439820     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: 13036114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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