Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-130

  Garcia Porta, J ^a   Litvinchuk, S N ^b   Crochet, P A ^c   Romano, A ^d   Geniez, P H ^c   Lo Valvo, M ^e   Lymberakis, P ^f   Carranza, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale e Biodiversita   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Biogeography; Deserts; Diversification; Phylogeny; Pleistocene glaciations

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUFO BUFO; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BUFO BUFO; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO BUFO; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 84857236541     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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