Evidence of hybridization between Elaphe bairdi and Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri including comparative population genetics inferred from microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-63

  Vandewege, Michael W ^a   Rodriguez, David ^b   Weaver, Jeremy P ^c   Hibbitts, Troy D ^d   Forstner, Michael R J ^a   Densmore III, Llewellyn D ^c  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTHEROPHIS BAIRDI; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS;

EID: 84859043784     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/09-220     Document Type: Article

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