Eurasian wild asses in time and space: Morphological versus genetic diversity

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-102

  Geigl, Eva Maria ^a   Grange, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Equids; Hemione; Palaeogenetics; Phylogeography; Speciation; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOLOCENE; HORSE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BONE AND BONES; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EQUIDAE; EUROPE; FOSSILS; HORSES; PALEONTOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84855480230     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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