Hybridization experiment between oviparous and viviparous strains of Lacerta vivipara: A new insight into the evolution of viviparity in reptiles

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-342

  Arrayago, Maria Jesus ^a   Bea, Antonio ^a   Heulin, Benoit ^b  

^a Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hybridization; Lacerta vivipara; Oviparity; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

COMMON LIZARD; EVOLUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; OVIPARITY; REPRODUCTION; VIVIPARITY;

LACERTA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0030442250     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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