Factors contributing to the maintenance of the genetic polymorphism at the locus LDH-B in the pool frog, Rana lessonae

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 795-804

  Schmidt, Benedikt R ^a,c   Hotz, Hansjürg ^a   Anholt, Bradley R ^a,d   Guex, Gaston Denis ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; GENETIC VARIATION; POLYMORPHISM;

RANA LESSONAE;

EID: 0031731926     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-76-5-795     Document Type: Article

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