Genetic monitoring detects an overlooked cryptic species and reveals the diversity and distribution of three invasive Rattus congeners in south Africa

BMC Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bastos, Armanda D ^a   Nair, Deenadayalan ^b   Taylor, Peter J ^c   Brettschneider, Helene ^a   Kirsten, Frikkie ^d   Mostert, Elmarie ^a   von Maltitz, Emil ^d   Lamb, Jennifer M ^b   van Hooft, Pim ^a,e   Belmain, Steven R ^f   Contrafatto, Giancarlo ^b   Downs, Sarah ^b   Chimimba, Christian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^d PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; DIPLOIDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; KARYOTYPE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RAT; RATTUS TANEZUMI; RODENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES INVASION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RATTUS TANEZUMI; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

CYTOCHROME B;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CYTOCHROMES B; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RATS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79951553023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-12-26     Document Type: Article

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