Disjunct habitats as islands: Genetic variability in the Caucasian rock lizard Lacerta potschinskii

Genetica

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-45

  MacCulloch, Ross D ^a   Murphy, Robert W ^a   Fu, Jinzhong ^a   Darevsky, Ilya S ^b   Danielyan, Felix ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Lacerta; Population genetics; Protein electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; LACERTA; PETROSAURUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031424350     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018300826878     Document Type: Article

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