Phylogeography in the northern Andes: Complex history and cryptic diversity in a cloud forest frog, Pristimantis w-nigrum (Craugastoridae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 462-468

  Kieswetter, Charles M ^a   Schneider, Christopher J ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Craugastoridae; Cytb; Montane diversity; RAG 1; Terrarana

Indexed keywords

ANURA; VERTEBRATA; ZANCLEA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANURA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECUADOR; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84899044318     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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