Evolutionary origins and genetic variation of the Seychelles treefrog, Tachycnemis seychellensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 194-201

  Maddock, Simon T ^a,b   Day, Julia J ^a   Nussbaum, Ronald A ^c   Wilkinson, Mark ^a,b   Gower, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Frogs; Heterixalus; Indian ocean; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HETERIXALUS; HYPEROLIIDAE; SQUAMATA; TACHYCNEMIS SEYCHELLENSIS;

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FROGS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HETERIXALUS; INDIAN OCEAN; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEYCHELLES;

DNA; FROGS; HETERIXALUS; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; ISLANDS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 84899116480     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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