Can the fire-bellied toads Bombina Bombina and Bombina Variegata maintain their distinctness in the face of hybridization?

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-148

  Szymura, Jacek M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE-BELLIED TOAD; GENE FLOW; HYBRID ZONE; HYRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; NATURAL SELECTION;

EUROPE, (CENTRAL); POLAND;

BOMBINA BOMBINA; BOMBINA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0030424103     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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