Mitochondrial genes reveal cryptic diversity in plant-breeding frogs from Madagascar (Anura, Mantellidae, Guibemantis)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1121-1129

  Lehtinen, Richard M ^a   Nussbaum, Ronald A ^b   Richards, Christina M ^c   Cannatella, David C ^d   Vences, Miguel ^e  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Pandanusicola; Phylogeny; Phytotelmata

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MADAGASCAR; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MANTELLINAE;

EID: 34547961549     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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