A cryptic invasion within an invasion and widespread introgression in the European water frog complex: Consequences of uncontrolled commercial trade and weak international legislation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 5023-5035

  Holsbeek, G ^a   Mergeay, J ^a   Hotz, H ^b   Plotner J ^c   Volckaert, F A M ^a   De Meester, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CITES; European water frog complex; Invasion; Pelophylax esculentus; Pelophylax ridibundus; Rana ridibunda

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FROG; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PELOPHYLAX; RANA RIDIBUNDA;

EID: 56549112600     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03984.x     Document Type: Article

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