Effective number of breeding adults in Bufo bufo estimated from age-specific variation at minisatellite loci

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 701-712

  Scribner, K T ^a,c   Arntzen, J W ^b,d   Burke, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age specific variation; Bufo; Effective population size; Genetic variability; Minisatellite loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO BUFO;

EID: 0031214923     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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