Phylogenetic history of mustelid fauna in Taiwan inferred from mitochondrial genetic loci

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 559-569

  Hosoda', T ^a   Sato, J J ^b   Lin, L K ^c   Chen, Y J ^d   Harada, M ^e   Suzuki, H ^f  

^a Taikyu High School   (Japan)

^b FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^e OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; ENDEMISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUSTELID; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; TOPOLOGY;

TAIWAN; VIET NAM;

MARTES FLAVIGULA; MELOGALE MOSCHATA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELA SIBIRICA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 79959281675     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-029     Document Type: Article

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