Molecular phylogeny of the ranid frogs from southwest India based on the mitochondrial ribosomal RNA gene sequences

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 525-534

  Kurabayashi, Atsushi ^a   Kuramoto, Mitsuru ^b   Joshy, Hareesh ^c   Sumida, Masayuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b St Aloysius College ^*  (Japan)

^c ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dicroglossinae; Fejervarya; India; Molecular phylogeny; Ranidae

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, MITOCHONDRIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FROG; GENETICS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; RANIDAE; RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANURA; EUPHLYCTIS; FEJERVARYA; HOPLOBATRACHUS; RANIDAE;

EID: 21044436193     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.525     Document Type: Article

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