The systematics and evolution of North American moles (Insectivora: Talpidae)

dc.creator	Yates, Terry L.
dc.date.available	2011-02-18T23:28:45Z
dc.date.issued	1978-12
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2346/20049	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine and describe geographic and nongeographic variation in each species of the faraily Talpidae in North America, to test the hypothesis that genic heterozygosity is low in fossorial mammals, to exaraine the relationships between raorphological, karyological and genic variation, to assess the taxonomic status of the various species of North American talpids with respect to morphological, karyological and genic data, and finally to assess the evolutionary relationships among the different genera of North American moles using morphological, karyological, and genic data.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Texas Tech University	en_US
dc.subject	Moles	en_US
dc.title	The systematics and evolution of North American moles (Insectivora: Talpidae)
dc.type	Dissertation
thesis.degree.name	Ph.D.
thesis.degree.level	Doctoral
thesis.degree.discipline	Zoology
thesis.degree.grantor	Texas Tech University
thesis.degree.department	Zoology
thesis.degree.department	Biological Sciences
dc.degree.department	Zoology	en_US
dc.rights.availability	Unrestricted.