The radiation of microhylid frogs (Amphibia: Anura) on New Guinea: A mitochondrial phylogeny reveals parallel evolution of morphological and life history traits and disproves the current morphology-based classification

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 353-365

  Köhler, Frank ^a   Günther, Rainer ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asterophryinae; Life style; Microhylidae; Parallelism; Paternal care; Systematics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; PHYLOGENY;

ALBERICUS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASTEROPHRYINAE; ASTEROPHRYS; AUSTROCHAPERINA; BARYGENYS; CALLULOPS; CHOEROPHRYNE; COPHIXALUS; COPIULA; CORNUTA; HYLOPHORBUS; MICROHYLIDAE; OREOPHRYNE; SPHENOPHRYNE; XENORHINA;

EID: 41049099697     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.032     Document Type: Article

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