Phylogenetic and taxonomic implications of protein variation in the Mesoamerican salamander genus Oedipina (Caudata: Plethodontidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1185-1208

  Good, David A ^a   Wake, David B ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Caudata; Oedipina; Phylogeny; Proteins; Taxonomy; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000768873     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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