Genetic divergence and speciation in lowland and montane peruvian poison frogs

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 149-164

  Roberts, Jennifer L ^a   Brown, Jason L ^a   May, Rudolf von ^b,c   Arizabal, Wilfredo ^d   Schulte, Rainer ^e   Summers, Kyle ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro de Estudios de la Amazonia Andina Con la Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica La Estación Biológica Villa Carmen Calle Cesar Vallejo   (Peru)

^d Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco   (Peru)

^e Instituto de Investigaciónes de Las Cordilleras Orientales   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Divergence systematics; Epipedobates; Poison frogs; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PERU; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CYTOCHROMES B; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; PERU; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE; EPIPEDOBATES; EPIPEDOBATES TRIVITTATUS;

EID: 33748288154     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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