Population genetic structure of two ecologically distinct multimammate rats: The commensal Mastomys natalensis and the wild Mastomys erythroleucus in southeastern Senegal

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2985-2997

  Brouat, C ^a   Loiseau, A ^a   Kane, M ^b   Ba K ^b   Duplantier, J M ^b  

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

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Commensal habitat; Genetic structure; Habitat patchiness; Mastomys; Microsatellite; Rodent

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; MURINAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SENEGAL; WILD ANIMAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MURINAE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SENEGAL;

MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS ERYTHROLEUCUS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34447118231     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03353.x     Document Type: Article

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