Polymorphism of the 12S rRNA gene and phylogeography of the Central Asian tortoises Agrionemys horsfieldii Gray, 1844

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 682-685

  Vasilyev, V A ^a   Bondarenko, D A ^b   Peregontsev, E A ^c   Voronov, A S ^a   Ryskov, A P ^a   Semenova, S K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b FEDERAL BIOMEDICAL AGENCY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

^c State Committee of Nature Protection   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO HORSFIELDII;

EID: 46649106334     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: 16083369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1022795408060070     Document Type: Article

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