Phylogeography and speciation of the morphologically variable, widespread species Bufo valliceps, based on molecular evidence from mtDNA

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-189

  Mulcahy, Daniel G ^a   Mendelson III, Joseph R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S; Amphibia; Anura; Bufo nebulifer; Bufo valliceps; Bufonidae; Cytochrome b; Middle America; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular clock; Phylogeography; Relative rates; Trans Mexican Neovolcanic Belt

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO NEBULIFER; BUFO VALLICEPS; BUFONIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033708928     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0827     Document Type: Article

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