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Morphological Variation in a Unisexual Whiptail Lizard (Aspidoscelis exsanguis) and One of Its Bisexual Parental Species (Aspidoscelis inornata) (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae): Is the Clonal Species Less Variable?

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Cole, Charles J., Taylor, Harry L., Townsend, Carol R. (2016): Morphological Variation in a Unisexual Whiptail Lizard (Aspidoscelis exsanguis) and One of Its Bisexual Parental Species (Aspidoscelis inornata) (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae): Is the Clonal Species Less Variable? American Museum Novitates 2016 (3849): 1-20, DOI: 10.1206/3849.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3849.1

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