Contrasting levels of variation in neutral and quantitative genetic loci on island populations of moor frogs (Rana arvalis)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-56

  Knopp, Theresa ^a   Cano, José M ^a   Crochet, Pierre André ^b,c   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Amphibia; FST; Genetic diversity; Island; QST

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FROG; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTLAND; KALMAR [SWEDEN]; LAESO; NORDJYLLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; OLAND; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA ARVALIS;

EID: 33845955062     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9147-4     Document Type: Article

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