Fine-scale genetic structure and dispersal in the common vole (Microtus arvalis)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2463-2473

  Schweizer, Manuel ^a   Excoffier, Laurent ^a   Heckel, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Effective dispersal; Microsatellites; Molecular sexing; Rodents; Sex biased dispersal; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 34250212938     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03284.x     Document Type: Article

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