Geographic Parthenogenesis: Recurrent Patterns Down Under

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Vorburger, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSHOPPER; LIZARD; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSHOPPERS; LIZARDS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33747194488     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.07.027     Document Type: Short Survey

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