Available data on karyotypes of the mammals from Turkey and neighbouring regions (the
Balkans, the Caucasus, and the Middle East) were summarized and reviewed in respect of …

Present-day species distribution and patterns of genetic diversity in Europe are a result of
post-glacial re-colonization from glacial refugia after the Last Glacial Maximum. This process …

The genetic structure and dynamics of hybrid zones provide crucial information for
understanding the processes and mechanisms of evolutionary divergence and speciation. In …

Sequential rapid radiations pose some of the greatest difficulties in phylogenetics, especially
when analysing only a small number of genetic markers. Given that most of the speciation …

There is now considerable evidence for the survival of temperate species within glacial
refugia that were situated at relatively high latitudes, notably the Carpathian Basin and …

Natural hybridization between species is not a rare event. In arvicoline rodents, hybridization
is known to occur in the wild and/or in captivity. In the Microtus arvalis group, cytogenetic …

A review of original and published data on invasions of sibling species of Microtus from the
group “arvalis”(East European vole, M. rossiaemeridionalis; common vole, M. arvalis; and …

The voles of the subgenus Microtus, which includes six species of the socalled “arvalis”
group, have always been problematic for classification. Some group members differ in …

The common vole (Microtus arvalis) and the field vole (Microtus agrestis) are
morphologically similar species but are ecological distinctive and differ in the details of their …

Common voles of the Microtus arvalis group distributed over the territory of European Russia
are represented by three karyotypic categories, ie, sympatric sibling species with 2 n= 46 …