Frequent mitochondrial gene introgression among high elevation Tibetan megophryid frogs revealed by conflicting gene genealogies

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2856-2876

  Chen, Wei ^a   Bi, Ke ^b   Fu, Jinzhong ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Budding speciation; Conflicting genealogies; Gene introgression; Mitochondrial gene; Nuclear gene; Species delineation

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INTRONS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANURA; MEGOPHRYIDAE; SCUTIGER; SCUTIGER BOULENGERI; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 67649834066     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04258.x     Document Type: Article

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