Body size and paternity in a teiid lizard (Ameiva exsul)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 110-120

  Lewis, Allen R ^a   Tirado, Grissell ^a   Sepulveda, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEIVA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BREEDING; BODY SIZE; CHROMOSOME BANDING; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

AMEIVA EXSUL; ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034030053     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565246     Document Type: Article

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