Polyploidy and parasitic infection in Xenopus species from western Uganda

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-22

  Jackson, Joseph A ^a   Tinsley, Richard C ^a   Kigoolo, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XENOPUS;

EID: 0031889290     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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