Candidate gene analysis of metamorphic timing in ambystomatid salamanders

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1217-1223

  Voss, S R ^a   Prudic, K L ^b   Oliver, J C ^c   Shaffer, H B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Axolotl; Evolutionary genetics; Life cycle evolution; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; TIME FACTORS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037737983     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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