Evidence for genetic similarity of two allopatric European hares (Lepus corsicanus and L. castroviejoi) inferred from nuclear DNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1191-1197

  Alves, P C ^a,b   Melo Ferreira, J ^a,b   Branco, M ^a   Suchentrunk, F ^c   Ferrand, N ^a,b   Harris, D J ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE II; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFERRIN;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HARE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMALS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE II; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HARES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFERRIN;

LEPUS CORSICANUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 40849087920     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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