Systematics and phylogeny of West African gerbils of the genus Gerbilliscus (Muridae: Gerbillinae) inferred from comparative G- and C-banding chromosomal analyses

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 269-281

  Volobouev, V ^a   Aniskin, V M ^b   Sicard, B ^c   Dobigny, G ^d   Granjon, L ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERBIL; GERBILLISCUS GAMBIANUS; GERBILLISCUS GUINEAE; GERBILLISCUS KEMPI; GERBILLISCUS LEUCOGASTER; GERBILLISCUS ROBUSTUS; GERBILLURUS TYTONIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; GERBILLINAE; KARYOTYPING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

GERBILLINAE; GERBILLURUS; GERBILLURUS TYTONIS; LEUCOGASTER; MURIDAE;

EID: 34247158678     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100411     Document Type: Article

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