The Australian scincid lizard Menetia greyii: A new instance of widespread vertebrate parthenogenesis

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2619-2627

  Adams, Mark ^a,b   Foster, Ralph ^a   Hutchinson, Mark N ^a   Hutchinson, Rhonda G ^c,d   Donnellan, Steve C ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Hybridization; mtDNA; Scincidae; Triploidy; Unisexual vertebrate

Indexed keywords

HYBRIDIZATION; LIZARD; PARTHENOGENESIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MENETIA GREYII; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345526403     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01504.x     Document Type: Article

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