Divergent evolution in the polymorphic granular poison-dart frog, Oophaga granulifera: Genetics, coloration, advertisement calls and morphology

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 394-408

  Brusa, Oscar ^a   Bellati, Adriana ^b   Meuche, Ivonne ^a   Mundy, Nicholas I ^c   Pröhl, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S; Amphibia; Anura; Bioacoustics; Costa Rica; Cytochrome b; Dendrobatidae; Microsatellites; Phylogeography; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; BODY SIZE; CYTOCHROME; DIVERGENCE; FROG; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

COSTA RICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 84872614700     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02786.x     Document Type: Article

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