Multimammate rats (genus Mastomys) are abundant in many regions throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and are of high economical and sanitary importance as agricultural pests as well as reservoir/vectors of human diseases. In pest management and in epidemiological studies, unequivocal species identification of individuals collected in the field is crucial...
A fragment of the cytochrome b gene was analysed by PCR/SSCP in Decapterus russelli samples from the Indo-Malay archipelago. Sequence analysis revealed two distinct mitochondrial clades (mean nucleotide divergence=2.2%) whose geographic distribution was heterogeneous (Nei's GST=0.416), pointing to a complex pattern of genetic differentiation and de...
