Variation of coat color in house mice throughout Asia

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-276

  Lai, Y C ^a   Shiroishi, T ^b   Moriwaki, K ^c   Motokawa, M ^d   Yu, H T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coat color; Crypsis; Gloger's rule; Mus musculus; Protective color

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; COLOR; HABITAT; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 39749125830     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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