Isozyme analysis of Galaxias species (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) from the Taieri River, South Island, New Zealand: A species complex revealed

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-127

  Allibone, Richard M ^a   Crowl, Todd A ^b   Holmes, Jean M ^a   King, Tania M ^a   McDowall, Robert M ^c   Townsend, Colin R ^a   Wallis, Graham P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diadromy; Galaxiidae; Gene flow; Genetic differentiation; Genetic distance; Isozymes; Population genetics; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001846325     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb01832.x     Document Type: Article

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