On the taxonomic rank of ciscaucasicus and its relationships with the pygmy wood mouse Sylvaemus uralensis inferred from the mtDNA cytochrome b gene sequence

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1386-1399

  Balakirev, A E ^a,b   Baskevich, M I ^a   Gmyl, A P ^b   Okulova, N M ^a   Andreeva, T A ^a   Sokolenko, O V ^a   Malygin, V M ^c   Khlyap, L A ^a   Oparin, M L ^a   Orlov, V N ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b CHUMAKOV INSTITUTE OF POLIOMYELITIS AND VIRAL ENCEPHALITIDES   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; SYLVAEMUS;

EID: 37349074385     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: 16083369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1022795407120083     Document Type: Article

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