Efficient sequencing of anuran mtDNAs and a mitogenomic exploration of the phylogeny and evolution of frogs

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1899-1915

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Liang, Dan ^a   Mao, Rong Li ^a   Hillis, David M ^b   Wake, David B ^c   Cannatella, David C ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Chronogram; Gene rearrangement; Mitochondrial genome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHRONOGRAM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANURA; CHRONOGRAM; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84887098781     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst091     Document Type: Article

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