Two clades of north European pool frogs Rana lessonae identified by cytochrome b sequence analysis

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-260

  Zeisset, Inga ^a   Beebee, Trevor J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; mtDNA; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA LESSONAE; RANIDAE;

EID: 46749095555     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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