Hybridization between Crocodylus acutus and Crocodylus moreletii in the Yucatan Peninsula: I. Evidence from mitochondrial DNA and morphology

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 661-673

  Cedeño Vázquez, José Rogelio ^a   Rodriguez, David ^b   Calmé, Sophie ^a   Ross, James Perran ^c   Densmore III, Llewellyn D ^b   Thorbjarnarson, And John B ^d  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEXICO; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLUS ACUTUS; CROCODYLUS MORELETII;

EID: 57749170734     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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