Recurrent ecological adaptations revealed through a molecular analysis of the secretive cophyline frogs of Madagascar

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-322

  Andreone, Franco ^a,c   Vences, Miguel ^c,d   Vieites, David R ^c,d   Glaw, Frank ^b   Meyer, Axel ^c  

^a MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

12S rDNA; 16S rDNA; Amphibia; Cophylinae; Madagascar; Microhylidae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; MADAGASCAR; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MADAGASCAR; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANODONTHYLA; ANODONTHYLA MONTANA; ANURA; COPHYLA; COPHYLINAE; MICROHYLIDAE; PLATYPELIS; PLETHODONTOHYLA; RHOMBOPHRYNE; STUMPFFIA;

EID: 11044238670     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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