The use of PCR-RFLP as an identification tool for three closely related species of rodents of the genus Akodon (Sigmodontinae, Akodontini)

The use of PCR-RFLP as an identification tool for three closely related species of rodents of the genus Akodon (Sigmodontinae, Akodontini)

Three cryptic species of the rodent Akodon (A. cursor, A. montensis and Akodon sp.) were analyzed. The two former species are sympatric in the Brazilian states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, where hybrids have already been found. The third species, Akodon sp., occurs in an isolated a...

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Main Authors: Valéria Fagundes, Cristina Dornelas de Andrade Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2007-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
Akodon cursor
Akodon montensis
PCR-RFLP
Sigmodontinae
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572007000400031

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