Genetic differentiation among northern and southern populations of the moor frog Rana arvalis Nilsson in central Europe

Heredity

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 610-618

  Rafiński, Jan ^a   Babik, Wiesław ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Amphibians; Biogeography; Morphometrics; Population genetics; Rana arvalis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; ISOENZYME;

FROG; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; EUROPE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MUSCLES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RANIDAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA ARVALIS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0342656509     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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