Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 590-599

  San Mauro, Diego ^a   Vences, Miguel ^b   Alcobendas, Marina ^a   Zardoya, Rafael ^a   Meyer, Axel ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibian evolution; Molecular clock; Molecular phylogeny; Multiple calibrations; Pangaea breakup; RAG1

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; PANGAEA; PHYLOGENY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FROGS AND TOADS; GENE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GENES, RAG-1; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CAUDATA; CROSSOPTERYGII; GYMNOPHIONA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17644371360     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429523     Document Type: Article

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