Phylogenetic relationships among Chinese ranids inferred from sequence data set of 12S and 16S rDNA

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Jiang, Jianping ^a,b   Zhou, Kaiya ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Molecular systematics; mtDNA; Ranidae

Indexed keywords

AMOLOPS; ANURA; FEJERVARYA; FEJERVARYA LIMNOCHARIS; GLANDIRANA; HOPLOBATRACHUS; HYDROPHYLAX; LIMNONECTES; NANORANA; ODORRANA; PAA; PELOPHYLAX; RANIDAE;

EID: 15944419182     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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