Morphotype and multivariate analysis of the occlusal pattern of the first lower molar in European and Asian arvicoline species (Rodentia, Microtus, Alexandromys)

• Дата: 2020
• Автори: Synyavska, I. O., Peskov, V. N.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2020
• Теми: grey voles; Microtus; Alexandromys; first lower molar; morphotype; variation; diversity; PCA
• Онлайн доступ: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/122
• Назва журналу: Zoodiversity

We studied the morphotypic variation of the occlusal pattern of m1 in 13 arvicoline species (genera Microtus and Alexandromys). As a result, 22 m1 morphotypes were identified. In Alexandromys, five morphotypes of m1 were found, while in Microtus only seven. The morphological divers...