A parthenogenetic Varanus

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 507-514

  Lenk, Peter ^a   Eidenmueller, B ^a   Staudter, H ^b   Wicker, R ^c   Wink, M ^b  

^a Universität Heidelberg ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; LIZARD; PARTHENOGENESIS;

SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS; VARANUS PANOPTES;

EID: 33745953642     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853805774806296     Document Type: Article

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