Unexpected species diversity of Malagasy primates (Lepilemur spp.) in the same biogeographical zone: A morphological and molecular approach with the description of two new species

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Craul, Mathias ^a   Zimmermann, Elke ^a   Rasoloharijaona, Solofonirina ^b   Randrianambinina, Blanchard ^b   Radespiel, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; MADAGASCAR; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; RATING SCALE; RIVER; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MUTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; LEPILEMUR; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34447279092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-83     Document Type: Article

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