Rediscovering Rana onca: Evidence for phylogenetically distinct leopard frogs from the border region of Nevada, Utah, and Arizona

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2001, Pages 339-354

  Jaeger, Jef R ^a   Riddle, Brett R ^a   Jennings, Randy D ^a,c   Bradford, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIVERGENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EVOLUTION; FROG; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARIZONA; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

RANA ONCA; RANA YAVAPAIENSIS;

EID: 0035339551     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0339:RROEFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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