Remarkable genetic homogeneity in unstriped, long-tailed Ichthyophis along 1500 km of the Western Ghats, India

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-275

  Gower, D J ^a   Dharne, M ^b   Bhatta, G ^c   Giri, V ^d   Vyas, R ^e   Govindappa, V ^f   Oommen, O V ^g   George, J ^g   Shouche, Y ^b   Wilkinson, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

^c Department of Zoology   (India)

^d BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^e Sayaji Baug Zoo   (India)

^f BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Caecilians; Palghat Gap; Phylogeny; Population genetics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMOGENEITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIIDAE; ICHTHYOPHIS;

EID: 34250754330     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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