On the genetic diversity in the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene of Platymantis frogs from Western New Guinea (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-185

  Kohler F ^a   Schultze, K J ^a   Gunther R ^a   Plotner J ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Genetic variability; Molecular phylogeny; New Guinea; Speciation; Transmarine dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FROG; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SYMPATRY;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAROLINE ISLANDS; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MICRONESIA; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANURA; CRYPTOTIS; NEOBATRACHIA; PLATYMANTIS; PLATYMANTIS PELEWENSIS;

EID: 42149132835     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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