Evolutionary History of the Root Vole (Microtus oeconomus) as Revealed by Y Chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA sequences

• Main Author: Brunhoff, Cecilia
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Cecilia Brunhoff, Dept. of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Sweden 2003
• Subjects: Genetics; colonization history; phylogeography; root vole; cytogenetics; Genetik; cytogenetik; Norway; The ''Y''; Fennoscandian; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/466175

The root vole ( Microtus oeconomus ) is a rodent with Holarctic distribution. In fact, it is the only Microtus vole found in both Eurasia and North America. Phylogeographic analyses of the root vole from across its distribution range were performed using mitochondrial and Y chromosome DNA sequences....