Molecular diversity and phylogeography of the asian leopard cat, felis bengalensis, inferred from mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal DNA sequences

Zoological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-163

  Tamada, Tsutomu ^a   Siriaroonrat, Boripat ^b   Subramaniam, Vellayan ^c   Hamachi, Masaharu ^d   Lin, Liang Kong ^e   Oshida, Tatsuo ^f   Rerkamnuaychoke, Worawut ^g   Masuda, Ryuichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Zoological Park Organization Bangkok   (Thailand)

^c ZOO Negara Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^d Fukuoka University   (Japan)

^e TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asian leopard cat; Felis bengalensis; Mitochondrial dna; Repetitive sequence; ZFY

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FELIS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS); Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; PRIONAILURUS BENGALENSIS;

EID: 41949109266     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.154     Document Type: Article

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