Mitochondrial DNA control region variations in the sable Martes zibellina of Hokkaido Island and the Eurasian continent, Compared with the Japanese marten M. melampus

Mammal Study

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-155

  Inoue, Tomo ^a   Murakami, Takahiro ^b   Abramov, Alexei V ^c   Masuda, Ryuichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shiretoko Museum   (Japan)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

control region; Japanese marten; Martes melampus; Martes zibellina; sable.

Indexed keywords

MARTES MELAMPUS; MARTES ZIBELLINA;

EID: 79551556516     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/041.035.0301     Document Type: Article

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