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Morphology and karyology of two populations of the woodland dormouse Graphiurus murinus in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

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    SYSNO ASEP0104744
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JOstatní články
    TitleMorphology and karyology of two populations of the woodland dormouse Graphiurus murinus in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
    TitleMorfologie a karyologie dvou populací jihoafrických plchů druhu Graphirus murinus
    Author(s) Kryštufek, B. (SI)
    Haberl, W. (AT)
    Baxter, R. M. (ZA)
    Zima, Jan (UBO-W) RID, SAI
    Source TitleFolia zoologica. - : Ústav biologie obratlovců AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 0139-7893
    Roč. 53, č. 4 (2004), s. 339-350
    Number of pages12 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryCZ - Czech Republic
    KeywordsAfrican dormice ; skull ; karyotype
    Subject RIVEB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
    CEZAV0Z6093917 - UBO-W
    AnnotationWe compared cranial, dental, bacular and chromosomal variables between a population of Graphiurus murinus collected in riverine forest in the Andries Vosloo Kudu Reserve (AVKR) near Grahamstown (N=32), and another from Afromontane forest at Hobbiton on Hogsback (HH), in the Amathole Mountains (N=21), Eastern Cape, South Africa. AVKR dormice were significantly larger in 13 out of a total of 23 cranial dimensions and they had a relatively longer rostrum. The 4th upper premolar was clearly longer and the tip of the baculum broader in the sample from HH. Discriminant function analyses of cranial and dental parameters perfectly separated the two samples. The karyotypes were the same at both localities (2n= 46; NFa = 92) but differed from previously reported karyotypes of Graphiurus species from Africa.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Vertebrate Biology
    ContactHana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
    Year of Publishing2005
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