Phylogeography and genetic relationships of North African Bufo mauritanicus Schlegel, 1841 estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Biologia

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 356-360

  Harris, David James ^a,b   Perera, Ana ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; 16S rRNA; Bufo mauritanicus; Mitochondrial DNA; North Africa

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BUFO; BUFO MAURITANICUS; BUFO PARDALIS; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 67049099305     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0042-6     Document Type: Article

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