Phylogeny and classification of poison frogs (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae), based on mitochondrial 16S and 12S ribosomal RNA gene sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-40

  Vences, Miguel ^a   Kosuch, Joachim ^b   Lötters, Stefan ^a   Widmer, Alex ^c   Jungfer, Karl Heinz ^d   Köhler, Jörn ^a   Veith, Michael ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allobates; Anura; Biogeography; Colostethus; Dendrobates; Epipedobates; Minyobates; Molecular phylogeny; Ph yllobates; Phobobates; Ranoidea

Indexed keywords

FROG; GENE SEQUENCING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOLOGY; PARAPHYLY; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL RNA; TAXONOMY;

ALLOBATES; COLOSTETHUS; DENDROBATES; EPIPEDOBATES; MINYOBATES; PHYLLOBATES;

EID: 0034064006     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0738     Document Type: Article

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