Genetic variation in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) and spotted seal (Phoca largha) around Hokkaido, Japan, based on mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences

Zoological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-268

  Nakagawa, Emiko ^a,d   Kobayashi, Mari ^b   Suzuki, Masatsugu ^c   Tsubota, Toshio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Harbor seal; MtDNA; Phoca largha; Phoca vitulina; Spotted seal

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHOCA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA; GENETIC VARIATION; JAPAN; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOCA; PHYLOGENY;

PHOCA; PHOCA LARGHA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 77749248877     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.263     Document Type: Article

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