Multiple evolution of sexual dichromatism in African reed frogs

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 388-393

  Veith, Michael ^a,b   Kosuch, Joachim ^b   Rödel, Mark Oliver ^c   Hillers, Annika ^a   Schmitz, Andreas ^d   Burger, Marius ^e   Lötters, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANURA; HYPEROLIIDAE;

EID: 64849106653     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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