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Differential geographic patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation in two sympatric species of Japanese wood mice, Apodemus speciosus and A. argenteus.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Jun 2004
Suzuki Hitoshi, Yasuda Shumpei P, Sakaizumi Mitsuru, Wakana Shigeharu, Motokawa Masaharu, Tsuchiya Kimiyuki
Abstract excerpt
We examined the gene sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) in two Japanese wood mouse species, Apodemus speciosus (n = 89) and A. argenteus (n = 46), which are distributed on the four main islands of Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu) and on the small islands surrounding them. Apodemus speciosus, the larger of the two species, showed substantial genetic variation, with a maximum of 3%...
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