The Caucasian rock lizard Lacerta rostombekovi: A monoclonal parthenogenetic vertebrate

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-37

  MacCulloch, Ross D ^a   Murphy, Robert W ^a   Kupriyanova, Larissa A ^b   Darevsky, Ilya S ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

allozymes; clonal diversity; Lacertidae; Lacerto rostombekovi; parthenogenesis; rock lizard; unisexuality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLONE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VERTEBRATE;

LACERTA ROSTOMBEKOVI;

EID: 0031019125     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(96)00085-3     Document Type: Article

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