Molecular phylogenetic evidence for a mimetic radiation in Peruvian poison frogs supports a Müllerian mimicry hypothesis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1484, 2001, Pages 2415-2421

  Symula, R ^a   Schulte, R ^a   Summers, K ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrobates imitator; M llerian mimic; Poison frog

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; FROG; MIMICRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FROG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALATABILITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PERU;

EID: 0035824474     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1812     Document Type: Article

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