Allozymic differentiation of Tunisian populations of Androctonus species and Buthus occitanus (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-265

  Ben Othmen, A ^a   Chatti, N ^a   Ben Ali Haouas, Z ^a   Ouldbrahim, I ^a   Said, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Androctonus amoreuxi; Androctonus australis; Dispersal; Island model; Island populations; Phylogeny; Scorpions; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; ARACHNID; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

ANDROCTONUS; ANDROCTONUS AMOREUXI; ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS; BUTHIDAE; BUTHUS OCCITANUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 1242277832     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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