Old age, multiple formations or genetic plasticity? Clonal diversity in the uniparental Caucasian rock lizard, Lacerta dahli

Genetica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-130

  Murphy, Robert W ^a   Darevsky, Ilya S ^b   MacCulloch, Ross D ^a   Fu, Jinzhong ^a   Kupriyanova, Larissa A ^b   Upton, Darlene E ^a   Danielyan, Felix ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Lacerta dahli; Parthenogenesis; Uniparentality; Unisexuality

Indexed keywords

LACERTA DAHLI;

EID: 0031405399     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018392603062     Document Type: Article

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