Molecular discrimination of pouched four-eyed opossums from the Mamirauá Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon
Previous cytochrome B (CytB) mtDNA studies have suggested four species for the opossum genus Philander (four-eyed opossums), three (P. mcilhennyi, P. andersoni and P. opossum) from the Amazon and one (P. frenata) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest. During a faunal survey nine specimens of Philander...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2006-01-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572006000200015 |