Genetic structure of island populations of the anurans Rana temporaria and Bufo bufo

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-317

  Seppä, Perttu ^a,b   Laurila, Anssi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anurans; Bufo; Gene flow; Isolation by distance; Population size; Rana

Indexed keywords

HETEROZYGOSITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AMPHIBIAN; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; ISOLATED POPULATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO BUFO; RANA TEMPORARIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0032930187     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884900     Document Type: Article

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