Coexistence of diploid and triploid hybrid water frogs: population differences persist in the apparent absence of differential survival

BMC Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Christiansen, Ditte G ^a   Jakob, Christian ^a   Arioli, Martina ^a   Roethlisberger, Sandra ^a   Reyer, Heinz Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CACOSTERNUM; EQUUS ASINUS; METAMORPHA; PELOPHYLAX;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; FROG; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MALE; OOCYTE; POLYPLOIDY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; OVUM; POLYPLOIDY; RANA ESCULENTA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 77952705601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-10-14     Document Type: Article

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