Fine-scale population differentiation and gene flow in a terrestrial salamander (Plethodon cinereus) living in continuous habitat

Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-60

  Cabe, P R ^a   Page, R B ^a,b   Hanlon, T J ^a   Aldrich, M E ^a   Connors, L ^a   Marsh, D M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Microsatellites; Plethodon cinereus; Population structure; Red backed salamander; Sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AMPHIBIAN; DISPERSAL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; RANGE EXPANSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALAMANDER; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; PLETHODON CINEREUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33845797863     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800905     Document Type: Article

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