Phylogenetic position of the Ohiya rat (Srilankamys ohiensis) based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequence analysis

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 545-553

  Buzan, Elena V ^a   Pagès, Marie ^b,c   Michaux, Johan ^b,c   Krystufek, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCIDURA BEATUS; CRUNOMYS; CRUNOMYS MELANIUS; DACNOMYS; MAXOMYS; MURINAE; MUS PAHARI; MYA; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SRILANKAMYS; SRILANKAMYS OHIENSIS;

EID: 80054738626     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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