Phylogenetic relationships of Ansonia from Southeast Asia inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: Systematic and biogeographic implications (Anura: Bufonidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 561-570

  Matsui, Masafumi ^a   Tominaga, Atsushi ^a,b,c   Liu, Wanzhao ^a,d   Khonsue, Wichase ^e   Grismer, Lee L ^f   Diesmos, Arvin C ^g   Das, Indraneil ^h   Sudin, Ahmad ⁱ   Yambun, Paul ^j   Yong, Hoisen ^k   Sukumaran, Jeet ^l   Brown, Rafe M ^l  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^h UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^j Research and Education Division   (Malaysia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^l Dept of Ecol Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ansonia; Borneo; mtDNA; Phylogenetics; Southeast Asia; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOAD;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BAYES THEOREM; BUFONIDAE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANSONIA; ANURA; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 73149111726     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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