Evolution in populations of Swedish sand lizards: Genetic differentiation and loss of variability revealed by multilocus DNA fingerprinting

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-26

  Gullberg, A ^a   Olsson, M ^b   Tegelstrom H ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Genetic differentiation; Lacerta agilis; Loss of variability

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIANCE; SWEDEN;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIZARD; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS;

SWEDEN;

LACERTA AGILIS;

EID: 0032895789     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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