Geographical distribution and chromosomal study of the underground vole Microtus thomasi in Albania and Montenegro

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-27

  Rovatsos, Michail Th ^a   Mitsainas, George P ^a   Paspali, Gligor ^b   Oruci, Selfo ^b   Giagia Athanasopoulou, Eva B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GJIROKASTRA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Asynaptic; Heterochromatin; Microtus; Polymorphism; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; KARYOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLYMORPHISM; RODENT;

ALBANIA; BALKANS; GREECE; MONTENEGRO;

MICROTUS; MICROTUS THOMASI; MURIDAE;

EID: 78650184030     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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