Good species despite massive hybridization: Genetic research on the contact zone between the watersnakes Nerodia sipedon and N. fasciata in the Carolinas, USA

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1918-1929

  Mebert, K ^a,b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AFLP; Hybridization; Incomplete speciation; Nerodia fasciata; Nerodia sipedon; Snake

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; DNA; GENETIC MARKERS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NERODIA; NERODIA FASCIATA; NERODIA SIPEDON;

EID: 42049104581     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03725.x     Document Type: Article

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