Low genetic variability in the ancient asexual ostracod darwinula stevensoni

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-142

  Rossi, Valeria ^a   Gandolfi, Andrea ^a   Gentile, Giovanni ^a   Geiger, Walter ^b   Menozzi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clonal diversity; Heterozy gosity; Null alleles; Spatial segregation

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CRUSTACEAN; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CRUSTACEA; DARWINULA STEVENSONI; OSTRACODA;

EID: 3543134534     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356564     Document Type: Article

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