Molecular identification of three crested newt species (Triturus cristatus superspecies) by RAPD markers

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-207

  Mikulíček, Peter ^a,b   Piálek, Jaroslav ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 0042389667     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853803322390444     Document Type: Article

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