Hybridization in the contact zone between Plethodon richmondi and Plethodon electromorphus in northern Kentucky

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-105

  Highton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Hybridization; Hybrizymes; Mannose 6 phosphate Isomerase; Plethodon electromorphus; Plethodon richmondi; Plethodontid salamanders

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENE LOCUS; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRID; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIAN; HYBRIDIZATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

UNITED STATES;

PLETHODON ELECTROMORPHUS; PLETHODON RICHMONDI;

EID: 0032827488     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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