Experimental analysis of the evolutionary potential of hybridization in leopard frogs (Anura: Ranidae)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 662-671

  Parris, M J ^a   Semlitsch, R D ^a   Sage, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Hybridization; Larvae; Rana; Relative fitness

Indexed keywords

BACKCROSSING; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FROG; HYBRIDIZATION; VIABILITY;

RANA BLAIRI; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 0033041170     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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