Dispersal and evolution of the Pacific Basin gekkonid lizards Gehyra oceanica and Gehyra mutilata

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 906-921

  Fisher, Robert N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Biogeography; Dispersal; F statistics; Gehyra; Gekkonida e; Gene flow; Pacific Basin

Indexed keywords

ALLELIC DIVERSITY; ANTHROPOGENIC DISPERSAL; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; GECKO; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN VARIATION;

(SOUTHEAST); ASIA; PACIFIC; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

GEHYRA; GEHYRA MUTILATA; GEHYRA OCEANICA; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030743645     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03672.x     Document Type: Article

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