Phylogenetics and evolution of bell frogs (Litoria aurea species-group, Anura: Hylidae) based on mitochondrial ND4 sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 573-579

  Burns, Emma L ^a,b   Crayn, Darren M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE SUBUNIT 4; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; AUSTRALIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANURA; CASTANEA; CYCLORANA; CYCLORANA ALBOGUTTATA; HYLA; HYLIDAE; LITORIA; LITORIA AUREA; LITORIA RANIFORMIS;

EID: 33646031773     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.11.017     Document Type: Article

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