Flow cytometry in biodiversity surveys: Methods utillty, and constraints

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-13

  Murphy, Robert W ^a   Lowcock, Leslie A ^a   Smith, Cheryl ^b   Darevsky, Ilya S ^c   Orlov, Nikolai ^c   MacCulloch, Ross D ^a   Upton, Darlene E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CRYPSIS; RANIDAE;

BIODIVERSITY; CELLULAR DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FROG;

VIETNAM;

EID: 0031425139     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853897x00260     Document Type: Article

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