Widespread co-occurrence of divergent mitochondrial haplotype lineages in a Central American species of poison frog (Oophaga pumilio)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 711-726

  Hauswaldt, J Susanne ^a   Ludewig, Ann Kathrin ^a   Vences, Miguel ^a   Pröhl, Heike ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Costa Rica; Cytochrome b; Dendrobatidae; Microsatellites; Oophaga vicentei; Panama; Phylogeography; RAG 1

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; DIVERGENCE; FROG; GENETIC MARKER; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

COSTA RICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 79952658971     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02438.x     Document Type: Article

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