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Morphological variation in root vole was studied in 10 samples from the Baikal islands and shore regions. The island samples differed from the continental ones by a set of cranial characters as well as by a higher complexity and asymmetry of morphotypes of the third upper molar. A possible role of biotopic and microclimatic conditions in the formation of a specific morphological pattern of island micropopulations of this species is discussed.
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Original Russian Text © A.A. Pozdnyakov, Yu.N. Litvinov, N.I. Litvinov, P.A. Demidovich, 2006, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2006, No. 6, pp. 704–711.
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Pozdnyakov, A.A., Litvinov, Y.N., Litvinov, N.I. et al. Morphological variation in root vole Microtus oeconomus pallas (Rodentia, Arvicolidae) in the Baikal region. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 33, 573–580 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359006060070
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