Allozyme heterozygosity and fluctuating asymmetry in brown hares Lepus europaeus introduced to New Zealand: Developmental homeostasis in populations with a bottleneck history

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 43, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 35-52

  Suchentrunk, Franz ^a   Hartl, Günther B ^a   Flux, John E C ^a   Parkes, John ^a   Haiden, Anita ^a   Tapper, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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EID: 0002522683     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.98-32     Document Type: Article

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