Gene frequency changes in Cepaea snails on the Marlborough Downs over 25 years

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-255

  Cowie, Robert H ^a,b   Jones, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Area effects; Climate; Gastropoda (Pulmonata: Helcidae); Natural selection; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CEPAEA HORTENSIS; CEPAEA NEMORALIS;

EID: 0031700059     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0250     Document Type: Article

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