A cytotaxonomic and DNA-based survey of rodents from Northern Cameroon and Western Chad

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 417-427

  Dobigny, Gauthier ^a,b   Tatard, Caroline ^c   Kane, Mamadou ^d   Gauthier, Philippe ^a   Brouat, Carine ^a   Ba, Khalilou ^d   Duplantier, Jean Marc ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^b IRD   (Niger)

^c MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

African biodiversity; Cytotaxonomy; Molecular systematics; Praomys; Taterillus lacustris

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CHROMOSOME; COEXISTENCE; COMMON ANCESTRY; CRYPSIS; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY;

CAMEROON; CHAD; LAKE CHAD;

ACOMYS; ARVICANTHIS; PRAOMYS; RODENTIA; TATERILLUS; TATERILLUS LACUSTRIS;

EID: 79956345088     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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