How many species are in the genus Batrachuperus? A phylogeographical analysis of the stream salamanders (family Hynobiidae) from southwestern China

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1469-1488

  Fu, Jinzhong ^a   Zeng, Xiaomao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Allozyme; DNA sequence; Hengduan Mountains; Hynobiid salamander; Phylogeography; Species boundary

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CYTOCHROME B;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BUFFERS; CHINA; CYTOCHROMES B; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URODELA;

BATRACHUPERUS; HYNOBIIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 40449141003     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03681.x     Document Type: Article

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