The change in genetic diversity down the core-edge gradient in the eastern spadefoot toad (Pelobates syriacus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2675-2689

  Munwes, Inbar ^a,b   Geffen, Eli ^b   Roll, Uri ^b   Friedmann, Adam ^a,c   Daya, Alon ^a   Tikochinski, Yaron ^a   Gafny, Sarig ^a,b  

^a RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

amphibians; betweenness; centrality; network theory; phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; ISRAEL; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; ANURA;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; ISRAEL; LARVA; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PELOBATES SYRIACUS; PELOBATIDAE; SCAPHIOPUS HOLBROOKII;

EID: 77954281474     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04712.x     Document Type: Article

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