Evolutionary relationships among 12 species belonging to three genera of the family Microhylidae in Papua New Guinea revealed by allozyme analysis

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 721-736

  Sumida, Masayuki ^a   Allison, Allen ^b   Nishioka, Midori ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozyme analysis; Anura; Barygenys; Cophixalus; Microhylidae; Papua New Guinea; Sphenophryne

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME;

ALLOZYME; FROG; PHYLOGENY;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EVOLUTION; FROG; GENETIC DISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

BARYGENYS; COPHIXALUS; SPHENOPHRYNE;

EID: 0033928730     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(99)00115-5     Document Type: Article

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