The polytypic species revisited: Genetic differentiation and molecular phylogenetics of the tiger salamander Ambystoma Tigrinum (amphibia: caudata) complex

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 417-433

  Shaffer, H Bradley ^a   Mcknight, Mark L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Axolotl; Biogeography; D loop; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeny; Tiger salamander

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM;

EID: 0030025072     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb04503.x     Document Type: Article

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