Phylogenetic relationships of brown frogs from Taiwan and Japan assessed by mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences (Rana: Ranidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-288

  Tanaka Ueno, Tomoko ^a,c   Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Chen, Szu Lung ^a   Takenaka, Osamu ^a   Hidetoshi, Ota ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; JAPONICA; RANA LONGICRUS; RANA OKINAVANA; RANA ORNATIVENTRIS; RANA PIRICA; RANA TAGOI; RANA TSUSHIMENSIS; RANIDAE;

EID: 0032381636     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.283     Document Type: Article

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