Abstract
Measures of similarities and differences among organisms are basic to many branches of biology. Systematics is the codification of such information. Lewontin (4) has stated recently that “the major unsolved problem of descriptive population genetics is an adequate specification of the genetic difference between two closely related species as compared to the genetic difference between populations of the same species.” A reasonable solution to this problem cannot be expected until it becomes possible to state the problem more precisely. For example, one cannot expect “an adequate specification of the genetic difference between two closely related species...” unless there is an adequate specification of specific and intraspecific categories. Then again, biologists have never agreed on what they have meant by genetic differences, genetic relatedness, etc. Usually some measure of total difference is implied though, of necessity, only a minute and unknown fraction of the total difference is actually dealt with.
The work reported in this paper was supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant G 9001).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Clausen, Jens: Stages in the evolution of plant species. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1951.
Cope, E. D.: The Batrachia of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 34:397–406, 1889.
Kauffeld, Carl F.: The status of the leopard frogs, Rana bvachyccphala and Rana pipiens. Herpetologica 1:84–87, 1937.
Lewontin, R. C.: Population genetics. Annual Review of Genetics 1:37–70, 1967.
McAlister, Wayne H.: Variation in Rana pipiens Schreber in Texas. American Midland Naturalist 67:334–363, 1962.
McCarthy, B. J. and E. T. Bolton: An approach to the measurement of genetic relatedness among organisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 50:156–164, 1963.
Mecham, John S.: Evidence of reproductive isolation between two populations of the frog, Rana pipiens, in Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist 13:35–43, 1968.
Moore, John A.: Geographic variation in Rana pipiens Schreber of eastern North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 82:345–370, 1944.
Moore, John A.: Incipient intraspecific isolating mechanisms in Rana pipiens. Genetics 31:304–326, 1946.
Moore, John A.: Hybridization between Rana pipiens from Vermont and eastern Mexico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 33:72–75, 1947.
Moore, John A.: Further studies on Kana pipiens racial hybrids. American Naturalist 84:247–254, 1950.
Moore, John A.: Diploid and haploid interracial hybrids in Kana pipiens. Genetics Today. Proceedings of the XI International Congress of Genetics 2:431–436, 1964.
Moore, John A.: Diploid and haploid hybridization of different populations of the Kana pipiens complex. I. Experiments with females from Mexico. Journal of Experimental Zoology 265:1–20, 1967.
Moore, John A.: Diploid and haploid hybridization of different populations of the Kana pipiens complex. II. Experiments with females from Oklahoma. Journal of Experimental Zoology 265:461–474, 1967.
Post, Douglas D. and David Pettus: Variation in Kana pipiens (Anura: Ranidae) of eastern Colorado. Southwestern Naturalist 22:476–482, 1966.
Schmidt, Karl P.: A check list of North American amphibians and reptiles. Sixth Edition. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1953.
Turesson, Gote: The species and the variety as ecological units. Hereditas 3:100–113, 1922.
Turesson, Gote: The genotypical response of the plant species to the habitat. Hereditas 3:211–350, 1922.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1969 Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Moore, J.A. (1969). Interrelations of the Populations of the Rana pipiens Complex. In: Mizell, M. (eds) Biology of Amphibian Tumors. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 1969. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85791-1_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85791-1_2
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-85793-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-85791-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive