Low genetic variability in a mountain rodent, the Tatra vole

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-124

  Ruda M ^a   Ziak D ^a   Kocian, L ^a   Martinkova N ^b,c  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arvicolinae; Effective population size; Microsatellites; Microtus tatricus; Multiple paternity; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; PATERNITY; POPULATION SIZE; RODENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

CARPATHIANS; SLOVAKIA; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

ARVICOLINAE; MICROTUS TATRICUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 77954151896     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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