Population genetics of a successful invader: The marsh frog Rana ridibunda in Britain

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 639-646

  Zeisset, Inga ^a,b   Beebee, Trevor J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alien species; Microsatellites; Rana ridibunda; RAPDs

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA RIDIBUNDA; REPTILIA;

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FROG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUNGARY; POPULATION GENETICS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUNGARY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RANA RIDIBUNDA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037350332     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01775.x     Document Type: Article

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