Evolutionary relationships and reproductive isolating mechanisms in the rice frog (Fejervarya limnocharis) species complex from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan, inferred from mtDNA gene sequences, allozymes, and crossing experiments

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 547-562

  Sumida, Masayuki ^a   Kotaki, Manabu ^a   Islam, Mohammed Mafizul ^a   Djong, Tjong Hon ^a   Igawa, Takeshi ^a   Kondo, Yasuyuki ^a   Matsui, Masafumi ^b   Anslem, De Silva ^c   Khonsue, Wichase ^d   Nishioka, Midori ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; Fejervarya; Genetic divergence; Molecular phylogeny; Reproductive isolation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; TAIWAN; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; JAPAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RANIDAE; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA; TAIWAN; THAILAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANURA; FEJERVARYA; FEJERVARYA LIMNOCHARIS;

EID: 34547638604     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.547     Document Type: Article

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