Identity of Rana chensinensis from other brown frogs as assessed by mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1999, Pages 187-190

  Tanaka Ueno, Tomoko ^a,c   Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Wu, Gan Fu ^b   Fei, Liang ^b   Takenaka, Osamu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANA CHENSINENSIS; RANA DYBOWSKII; RANA JAPONICA; RANA ORNATIVENTRIS; RANA PIRICA;

EID: 0033525140     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447400     Document Type: Article

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