Genetic diversity, but not hatching success, is jointly affected by postglacial colonization and isolation in the threatened frog, Rana latastei

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1787-1797

  Ficetola, Gentile Francesco ^a,c   Garner, Trenton W J ^b   De Bernardi, Fiorenza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Embryo mortality; Genetic diversity; Hatch rate; Inbreeding depression; Landscape fragmentation; Road density

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROG; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ITALY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; ITALY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANIDAE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANURA; RANA LATASTEI;

EID: 34247334142     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03198.x     Document Type: Article

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