Stifled sex in sympatry: Patterns of sexual incompatibility among desmognathine salamanders

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 367-375

  Mabry, Michelle ^a,b   Verrell, Paul ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Davis and Elkins College   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudata; Desmognathinae; Desmognathus; Plethodontidae; Sexual behaviour; Speciation

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; HYBRIDIZATION; INCOMPATIBILITY; MATE RECOGNITION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; DESMOGNATHINAE; DESMOGNATHUS; DESMOGNATHUS MONTICOLA; DESMOGNATHUS WELTERI; MONTICOLA; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 3242805338     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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