Genetic and morphologic divergence among introduced rat populations (rattus rattus) of the galÁpagos archipelago, ecuador

Systematic Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1975, Pages 296-310

  Patton, James L ^a   Yang, Suh Y ^a   Myers, Philip ^b  

^a Charles Darwin Foundation ^*

^b Charles Darwin Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Gal pagos; Morphometrics; Rattus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959827614     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/24.3.296     Document Type: Article

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