Gene flow and melanism in garter snakes revisited: A comparison of molecular markers and island vs. coalescent models

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-399

  Bittner, Tonya D ^a,b   King, Richard B ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Coalescent theory; FST; Genetic drift; Lake Erie; Microsatellite DNA; Migration; Mutation; Selection; Thamnophis sirtalis

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; MELANISM; SNAKE;

NORTH AMERICA;

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0037593344     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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