Morphological Variability of the Mandible Shape of the Common Vole Microtus arvalis (Rodentia, Arvicolidae) Semi-species from the Hybrid Zone.

Authors :: Mironova TA
Sycheva VB
Martynov AA
Gromov AR
Kostin DS
Komarova VA
Krivonogov DM
Lavrenchenko LA
Source :: Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections [Dokl Biol Sci] 2019 Sep; Vol. 488 (1), pp. 145-148. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 15.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: The mandible shape of the common vole semi-species from the hybrid zone was studied for the first time using the methods of geometric morphometry. The hybrid specimens were found to display high morphological variability being closer to the parental Microtus obscurus than to M. arvalis form. The main trends of changes in the mandible shape were primarily observed in the horizontal plane.

Subjects :: Animals
Species Specificity
Arvicolinae anatomy & histology
Arvicolinae genetics
Mandible anatomy & histology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1608-3105
Volume :: 488
Issue :: 1
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 31732900
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496619050065

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