Of Least Concern? Systematics of a cryptic species complex: Limnonectes kuhlii (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 991-1000

  McLeod, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Diversity; Limnonectes kuhlii; Southeast Asia; Species complex

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LIMNONECTES KUHLII;

EID: 77954424453     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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