Genetic variation in the Indian rice frog, Rana limnocharis (Amphibia: Anura), in Taiwan, as revealed by allozyme data

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-82

  Toda, Mamoru ^a,c   Nisida, Mutsumi ^b   Matsui, Masafumi ^c   Lue, Kuang Yang ^d   Ota, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Amphibia; Biogeography; Genetic variation; Introgression; Rana limnocharis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIAN RICE FROG;

TAIWAN;

RANA LIMNOCHARIS;

EID: 0031953629     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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