Male secondary sexual characteristics, sexual selection, and molecular divergence in fanged ranid frogs of Southeast Asia

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 537-553

  Emerson, Sharon B ^a,b   Ward, Ryk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fanged frogs; Limnonectes; rRNA; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LIMNONECTES; RANA BLYTHII; RANIDAE;

EID: 0032219559     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02162.x     Document Type: Article

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