Delineating geographic boundaries of the woolly mouse opossums, Micoureus demerarae and Micoureus paraguayanus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1579-1585

  Dias, Isabela M G ^a,b   Almeida, Francisca C ^b   Amato, George ^b   DeSalle, Rob ^b   Fonseca, Cleusa G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Cytochrome b; Cytochrome c oxidase 1; Didelphidae; Micoureus; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARSUPIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; PARAGUAY;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; MARMOSA; MICOUREUS; MICOUREUS DEMERARAE; MICOUREUS PARAGUAYANUS;

EID: 77953915687     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9962-5     Document Type: Article

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