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[Taxonomic position of Afghan vole (subgenus Blanfordimys) by sequencing the mitochondrial cytb gene].
Genetika - 1 Jan 2009
Bannikova A A, Lebedev V S, Golenishchev F N
Abstract excerpt
It is rather difficult to construct a system of gray voles of the tribe Microtini by a set of morphological and karyological characters because form generation is mosaic at these organization levels. The sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene was used to study the phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic position of the Central Asian subgenus Blanfordimys. Afghan vole Microtus (Blanfordimys) afghanus and...
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