Allozyme diversity in slugs of the Carinarion complex (Mollusca, Pulmonata)

Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-451

  Backeljau, Thierry ^a   De Bruyn, Luc ^b   De Wolf, Hans ^b   Jordaens, Kurt ^b   Van Dongen, Stefan ^b   Winnepenninckx, Birgitta ^b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

allozymes; hermaphroditic slugs; homozygous strains; population genetics; uniparental reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARION; ARION CIRCUMSCRIPTUS; ARION FASCIATUS; ARION SILVATICUS; CARINARION; CARINARION COMPLEX; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PULMONATA;

EID: 0030953836     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.68     Document Type: Article

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