Cyto-nuclear genomic dissociation and the African elephant species question

Quaternary International

Volumn 169-170, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 4-16

  Roca, Alfred L ^a   Georgiadis, Nicholas ^c   O'Brien, Stephen J ^b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 34250857421     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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