Evolutionary history of the northern leopard frog: Reconstruction of phylogeny, phylogeography, and historical changes in population demography from mitochondrial DNA

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-159

  Hoffman, Eric A ^a,b   Blouin, Michael S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Glaciation; Mismatch distribution; Nested clade; North America; Rana pipiens

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; FROG; GLACIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0942273212     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01581.x     Document Type: Article

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