Single copy nuclear DNA markers characterized for comparative phylogeography in Australian wet tropics rainforest skinks

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-187

  Dolman, G ^a   Phillips, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frogs; Intron; Nuclear DNA markers; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542439906     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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