Geographic protein variation and speciation in the salamanders of the Plethodon cinereus group with the description of two new species

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-90

  Highton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Geographic protein variation; Hybridization; Plethodon cinereus; Plethodon electromorphus new species; Plethodon hoffmani; Plethodon hubrichti; Plethodon nettingi; Plethodon richmondi; Plethodon serratus; Plethodon shenandoah; Plethodon virginia new species; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIANCE; HETEROZYGOTE; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIAN; GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PROTEIN;

PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODON ELECTROMORPHUS; PLETHODON HOFFMANI; PLETHODON HUBRICHTI; PLETHODON NETTINGI; PLETHODON RICHMONDI; PLETHODON SERRATUS; PLETHODON SHENANDOAH; PLETHODON VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032850482     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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