Genetic divergence and evolutionary relationships in six species of genera Hoplobatrachus and Euphlyctis (Amphibia: Anura) from Bangladesh and other Asian countries revealed by mitochondrial gene sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 515-527

  Alam, Mohammad Shafiqul ^a   Igawa, Takeshi ^a   Khan, Md Mukhlesur Rahman ^b   Islam, Mohammed Mafizul ^a   Kuramoto, Mitsuru ^c   Matsui, Masafumi ^d   Kurabayashi, Atsushi ^a   Sumida, Masayuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c Kyoto University ^*  (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Bangladesh; Cryptic species; Divergence time; Euphlyctis; Genetic divergence; Hoplobatrachus; Mitochondrial genes; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INDIA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ASIA; BANGLADESH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; EUPHLYCTIS; EUPHLYCTIS CYANOPHLYCTIS; EUPHLYCTIS HEXADACTYLUS; HOPLOBATRACHUS; HOPLOBATRACHUS OCCIPITALIS; RANIDAE;

EID: 47949118489     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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