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Molecular phylogeny of East Asian moles inferred from the sequence variation of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Feb 2000
Tsuchiya K, Suzuki H, Shinohara A, Harada M, Wakana S, Sakaizumi M, Han S H, Lin L K, Kryukov A P
Abstract excerpt
Taxonomic analysis has previously revealed that the species of moles that inhabit Japan are characterized by exceptional species richness and a high level of endemism. Here, we focused on the evolutionary history of the four Japanese mole species of the genera Euroscapter and Mogera, examining mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) gene sequences and comparing them with those of continental Mogera wogura (Korean and...
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