Mendelian inheritance of melanism in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 484-489

  King, Richard B ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color pattern; Garter snake; Inheritance; Melanism; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; HERITABILITY; MELANISM; POLYMORPHISM; SNAKE;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0037976665     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/02-93     Document Type: Article

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