Co-evolution of gametes of the Greater Bandicoot Rat, Bandicota indica - a murine rodent from South-East Asia

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 392-396

  Dorman, Fiona ^a   Balsamo, Priscilla ^a   Leigh, Chris ^a   Breed, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gamete co evolution; Greater bandicoot rat

Indexed keywords

BANDICOTA INDICA; EUTHERIA; MURINAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84925344776     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/azo.12036     Document Type: Article

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