Identification of a hybrid zone between distinctive colour variants of the alpine weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) on the Rock and Pillar range, southern New Zealand

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 583-587

  King, T M ^a   Wallis, G P ^a   Hamilton, S A ^a   Fraser, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cytochrome oxidase II; hybrid zone; isozyme electrophoresis; mtDNA; Orthoptera; polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HEMIDEINA MAORI; ORTHOPTERA; STENOPELMATIDAE;

EID: 0030513471     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00350.x     Document Type: Article

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