Evolutionary genetics of the insular lacertid lizard Podarcis tiliguerta: Genetic structure and population heterogeneity in a geographically fragmented species

Heredity

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 518-529

  Capula, Massimo ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

allozyme electrophoresis; gene flow; genetic differentiation; Lacertidae; Podarcis tiliguerta; population heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS TILIGUERTA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030470697     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1996.179     Document Type: Article

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