Biogeography and taxonomy of Apodemus sylvaticus (the woodmouse) in the Tyrrhenian region: enzymatic variations and mitochondrial DNA restriction pattern analysis.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1996.40

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Biogeography and taxonomy of Apodemus sylvaticus (the woodmouse) in the Tyrrhenian region: enzymatic variations and mitochondrial DNA restriction pattern analysis.

Heredity - 1 Mar 1996

Michaux J R, Filippucci M G, Libois R M, Fons R, Matagne R F

Abstract excerpt

In the western Mediterranean area, the taxonomic status of the various forms of Apodemus sylvaticus is quite unclear. Moreover, though anthropogenic, the origins of the island populations remain unknown in geographical terms. In order to examine the level of genetic relatedness of insular and con...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Belgium
DNA, Mitochondrial
France
Geography
Isoenzymes
Italy
Muridae
Muscle, Skeletal
Phylogeny
Restriction Mapping

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