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Biometric analysis of incipient speciation in the ringed snake,Natrix natrix (L.)

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On souligne l'importance d'un procédé convenable pour analyser la variation géographique. L'efficacité d'une méthode multivariante de la taxonomie numérique (l'analyse canonique) en réduisant une situation compliquée et hypermultivariable dans un modèle oligovariant intelligible est indiqué. On montre commentN. natrix donne l'exemple de la naissance d'espèces (influence de la calotte glaciaire) et de l'apport variable de gènes communs et on propose aussi de restreindre l'emploi de sous-espèces pour une espèce naissante.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, City of London Polytechnic, 31 Jewry Street, EC3N 2EY, London, England

    R. S. Thorpe

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Thorpe, R.S. Biometric analysis of incipient speciation in the ringed snake,Natrix natrix (L.). Experientia 31, 180–182 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990691

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