Amplified fragment length polymorphism and mitochondrial DNA analyses reveal patterns of divergence and hybridization in the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 351-359

  Phillips, Caleb D ^a   Henard, Calvin A ^a   Pfau, Russell S ^a  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Cotton rat; Cytochrome b; Hybrid zone; Population genetics; Sigmodon hispidus

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOME; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RODENT;

ARIZONA; GEORGIA; KANSAS; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [OKLAHOMA (STT)]; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 34248370965     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-089R1.1     Document Type: Article

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