Terrestrialization, miniaturization and rates of diversification in african puddle frogs (anura: Phrynobatrachidae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Zimkus, Breda M ^a   Lawson, Lucinda ^b   Loader, Simon P ^c   Hanken, James ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVOLUTION; FROGS AND TOADS; HABITAT; LARVA; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PEDAL WEBBING; PHRYNOBATRACHIDAE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIALIZATION; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PHRYNOBATRACHUS;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84859575993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035118     Document Type: Article

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