Low gene flow but high genetic diversity in the threatened Mallorcan midwife toad Alytes muletensis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3307-3315

  Kraaijeveld Smit, F J L ^a,b,d   Beebee, T J C ^b   Griffiths, R A ^a,e   Moore, R D ^a,f   Schley, L ^a,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Service de la Conservation de la Nature   (Luxembourg)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e DICE ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g Luxembourg Government   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Alytes muletensis; Dispersal; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Mallorcan midwife toad; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ALYTES MULETENSIS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

FRESH WATER; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROGS AND TOADS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA PRIMERS; FRESH WATER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33644876606     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02614.x     Document Type: Article

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