The temporal and spatial scale of microevolution: Fine-scale colour pattern variation in the Lake Erie watersnake, Nerodia sipedon insularum

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 915-928

  Ray, Julie M ^a,b   King, Richard B ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colour pattern; Gene flow; Islands; Population genetics; Selection; Snakes

Indexed keywords

NERODIA SIPEDON INSULARUM;

EID: 33746542547     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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