The influence of riverine barriers on phylogeographic patterns of Malagasy reed frogs (Heterixalus)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 618-632

  Gehring, Philip Sebastian ^a   Pabijan, Maciej ^a,b   Randrianirina, Jasmin E ^c   Glaw, Frank ^d   Vences, Miguel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c PARC BOTANIQUE ET ZOOLOGIQUE DE TSIMBAZAZA   (Madagascar)

^d ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; H. betsileo; H. boettgeri; H. madagascariensis; Heterixalus alboguttatus; Hyperoliidae

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MADAGASCAR; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MADAGASCAR; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HETERIXALUS; HETERIXALUS ALBOGUTTATUS; HETERIXALUS BETSILEO; HETERIXALUS BOETTGERI; HETERIXALUS MADAGASCARIENSIS; HYPEROLIIDAE;

EID: 84863091175     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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