Phylogenetic relationships of japanese brown frogs (Rana: Ranidae) assessed by mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-307

  Tanaka, Tomoko ^a   Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Takenaka, Osamu ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

brown frog; cytochrome b gene; mitochondrial DNA; Molecular phylogeny; PCR direct sequencing; Ranidae

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BREEDING; FROG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0030161692     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(96)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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