Speciation in the Rana chensinensis species complex and its relationship to the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 960-973

  Zhou, Wei Wei ^a   Wen, Yang ^a,b   Fu, Jinzhong ^c   Xu, Yong Biao ^b   Jin, Jie Qiong ^a   Ding, Li ^d   Min, Mi Sook ^e   Che, Jing ^a   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cryptic species; frogs; niche modelling; phylogeography; species delimitation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; RANIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CHINA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANURA; RANA CHENSINENSIS;

EID: 84856282276     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05411.x     Document Type: Article

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