The double odyssey of Madagascan polystome flatworms leads to new insights on the origins of their amphibian hosts

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1662, 2009, Pages 1575-1583

  Verneau, Olivier ^a   Du Preez, Louis H ^b   Laurent, Véronique ^a   Raharivololoniaina, Liliane ^c   Glaw, Frank ^d   Vences, Miguel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Biogeography; Madagascar; Mantellidae; Polystomatidae; Ptychadenidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANCESTRY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CENOZOIC; CLADISTICS; COLONIZATION; DATING METHOD; ENDEMISM; FLATWORM; FROG; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MESOZOIC; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; FROG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; HOST RANGE; MADAGASCAR; MESOZOIC; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

AGLYPTODACTYLUS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOOPHIS; MANTELLINAE; METAPOLYSTOMA; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYSTOMATIDAE; PTYCHADENA; PTYCHADENA MASCARENIENSIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, HELMINTH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MADAGASCAR; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTHS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66349123932     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1530     Document Type: Article

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