Molecular markers for some small mammals of southern Africa

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 444-447

  Meyer, Jork ^a   Kohnen, Annette ^a   Harf, Rainer ^b   Froeschke, Goetz ^b   Brandl, Roland ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kalahari; Macroscelids; mtDNA; Rodents; Sex identification; SRY

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RODENT; SEX DETERMINATION;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AETHOMYS; DESMODILLUS; ELEPHANTULUS; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLURUS; GRAPHIURUS; MACROSCELIDEA; MACROSCELIDES; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MURINAE; RHABDOMYS; RODENTIA; SACCOSTOMUS; THALLOMYS;

EID: 33846414690     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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