Allozyme and mitochondrial DNA variation in the tailed frog (Anura: Ascaphus): The influence of geography and gene flow

Herpetologica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-258

  Nielson, Marilyn ^a,d   Lohman, Kirk ^a,e   Daugherty, Charles H ^b   Allendorf, Fred W ^c   Knudsen, Kathy L ^c   Sullivan, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d Box 443051 ^*  (United States)

^e UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biogeography; Conservation; Genetic structure; Pacific Northwest; Pacific tailed frog; Rocky Mountain tailed frog

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; FROG; GENE FLOW; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; RANGE EXPANSION;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASCAPHUS; ASCAPHUS MONTANUS; ASCAPHUS TRUEI;

EID: 33751224787     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2006)62[235:AAMDVI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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