Phylogenetic relationships of the pygmy rice rats of the genus Oligoryzomys Bangs, 1900 (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 551-566

  Palma, R Eduardo ^a   Rodríguez Serrano, Enrique ^a   Rivera Milla, Eric ^b   Hernandez, Cristian E ^c   Salazar Bravo, Jorge ^d   Carma, Maria I ^e   Belmar Lucero, Sebastian ^a   Gutierrez Tapia, Pablo ^a   Zeballos, Horacio ^a   Yates, Terry L ^f  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CATAMARCA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; NADH1; Neotropics; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MYA; OLIGORYZOMYS; OLIGORYZOMYS MICROTIS; ORYZOMYS; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 77958576632     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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