The parthenogenetic rock lizard Lacerta unisexualis: An example of limited genetic polymorphism

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-130

  Fu, Jinzhong ^a   MacCulloch, Ross D ^a   Murphy, Robert W ^a   Darevsky, Ilya S ^b   Kupriyanova, Larissa A ^b   Danielyan, Felix ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Clonal variation; Lacerta unisexualis; Parthenogenesis; Unisexuality

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIZARD; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; DAREVSKIA UNISEXUALIS; FELIS CATUS; LACERTA; PETROSAURUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031964399     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013146     Document Type: Article

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