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Karyotype comparison of five African Vespertilionini species with comments on phylogenetic relationships and proposal of a new subtribe

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  • 1. Department of Human Genetics, Otto-von-Guericke University, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany & Present address: Triesdorf Bahnhof 8, 91732 Merkendorf, Germany & Corresponding author: E-mail: mvolleth19@gmail.com
  • 2. Leibnitz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
  • 3. Triesdorf Bahnhof 8, 91732 Merkendorf, Germany
  • 4. Institute of Human Genetics, Munich University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Goethestr. 29, 80336 Munich, Germany
  • 5. Department of Experimental Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany & Present address: Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz, Göttinger Chaussee 76a, 30453 Hannover, Germany

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Volleth, Marianne, Mayer, Frieder, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Müller, Stefan, Fahr, Jakob (2023): Karyotype comparison of five African Vespertilionini species with comments on phylogenetic relationships and proposal of a new subtribe. Acta Chiropterologica 25 (1): 35-52, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2023.25.1.002

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