Phylogeography of spiny mice (genus Acomys, Rodentia: Muridae) from the south-western margin of the sahara with taxonomic implications

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-46

  Nicolas, Violaine ^a   Granjon, Laurent ^b,c   Duplantier, Jean Marc ^b   Cruaud, Corinne ^d   Dobigny, Gauthier ^b,e  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

^e Centre Regional Agrhymet   (Niger)

Author keywords

Africa; Biogeography; Cytogenetics; Desert; Morphology; Pleistocene; Rodent

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 69449098823     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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