Experimentally induced autotetraploidy and allotetraploidy in two Japanese pond frogs

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-392

  Kondo, Yasuyuki ^a   Kashiwagi, Akihiko ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA NIGROMACULATA; RANA POROSA; RANA POROSA BREVIPODA; REPTILIA;

EID: 7044224939     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/160-02A     Document Type: Article

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