Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal.

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Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Jun 2007

Heinicke Matthew P, Duellman William E, Hedges S Blair

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Approximately one-half of all species of amphibians occur in the New World tropics, which includes South America, Middle America, and the West Indies. Of those, 27% (801 species) belong to a large assemblage, the eleutherodactyline frogs, which breed out of water and lay eggs that undergo direct development on land. Their wide distribution and mode of reproduction offer potential for resolving questions in...

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Animal Migration
Animals
Anura
Caribbean Region
Central America
DNA, Mitochondrial
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Geography
Models, Genetic
Molecular Sequence Data

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Oceans and Seas

Phylogeny

RNA, Ribosomal

RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

RNA, Transfer

Sequence Analysis, DNA

Time Factors

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PMID: 17548823
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611051104
PMCID: PMC1891260

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