Osteological and molecular analysis of three sicilian populations of aphanius fasciatus (teleostei, cyprinodontidae)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-113

  Tigano, Concetta ^a   Canapa, Adriana ^b   Ferrito, Venera ^a   Barucca, Marco ^b   Arcidiacono, Isabella ^a   Olmo, Ettore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aphanius fasciatus; D loop; Mitochondrial DNA; Multi variate and univariate analysis; Osteology; Teleost

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OSTEOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

APHANIUS; APHANIUS FASCIATUS; CYPRINODONTIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 4444225924     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356560     Document Type: Article

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