Genetic diversity in the male-specific SRY gene of Lepus yarkandensis

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 834-840

  Wu, Yong Hua ^a,b   Xia, Lin ^a   Zhang, Qian ^a,b   Lei, Fu Min ^a   Yang, Qi Sen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic differentiation; Genetic diversity; Lepus; Network; Polymorphic sites

Indexed keywords

LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; LEPUS YARKANDENSIS;

EID: 77952959966     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0724-z     Document Type: Article

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