Article
Species distinction and evolutionary relationships of the Italian hare (Lepus corsicanus) as described by mitochondrial DNA sequencing.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 1999
Pierpaoli M, Riga F, Trocchi V, Randi E
Abstract excerpt
The taxonomic status of the Italian hare Lepus corsicanus has been uncertain since its first description by W. E. de Winton in 1898 (de Winton WE. Annual Magazine of Natural History, London, 1898, 1, 149-158). The distribution range of this species has shrunk severely over the last few decades owing to overhunting and restocking with nonindigenous brown hares (L. europaeus) in central and southern Italy and...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Cytochrome b Group
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
- Lagomorpha
- Phylogeny
- Population Dynamics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Species Specificity