Mitochondrial DNA evidence for the spread of Pacific rats through Oceania

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1521-1527

  Matisoo Smith, Elizabeth ^a   Robins, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Pacific prehistory

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ISLAND; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREHISTORIC; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSPECIES;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS;

EID: 70350651637     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9404-1     Document Type: Article

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