Frequency of independent origins of viviparity among caecilians (Gymnophiona): Evidence from the first 'live-bearing' Asian amphibian

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1220-1226

  Gower, D J ^a   Giri, V ^b   Dharne, M S ^c   Shouche, Y S ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Caeciliidae; Gegeneophis; India; Reproduction; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMPHIBIAN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TOOTH; VIVIPARITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIVIPARITY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; CAECILIIDAE (AMPHIBIA); GEGENEOPHIS; GYMNOPHIONA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49549103064     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01577.x     Document Type: Article

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