Sex-related spatial structure and effective population size in the common vole, Microtus arvalis, as revealed by mtDNA analysis

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-262

  Borkowska, Anetta ^a   Ratkiewicz, Mirosław ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANCESTRY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION SIZE; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 52749088094     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.045.0403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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