Microsatellite mutations in litters of the Australian lizard Egernia stokesii

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 551-560

  Gardner, M G ^a,b   Bull, C M ^b   Cooper, S J B ^a   Duffield, G A ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Esernia stokesii; Linkage; Multistep model; Mutations; Paternity; Skink; Tetranucleotide loci

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIZARD; MUTATION;

EGERNIA STOKESII;

EID: 0034067257     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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