Population genetics of cape and brown hares (Lepus capensis and L. europaeus): A test of Petter's hypothesis of conspecificity

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-39

  Ben Slimen, Hichem ^a   Suchentrunk, Franz ^b   Stamatis, Costas ^c   Mamuris, Zissis ^c   Sert, Hakan ^d   Alves, Paulo Celio ^e   Kryger, Ute ^f   Shahin, Adel Basyouni ^g   Ben Ammar Elgaaied, Amel ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^g MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Hares; Homoplasy; Lepus; Microsatellites; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CONSPECIFIC; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAGOMORPH; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 36249016771     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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