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Unexpected phylogenetic positions of the genera Rupirana and Crossodactylodes reveal insights into the biogeography and reproductive evolution of leptodactylid frogs.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 May 2013
Fouquet Antoine, Blotto Boris Leonardo, Maronna Maximiliano Manuel, Verdade Vanessa Kruth, Juncá Flora Acuña, de Sá Rafael, Rodrigues Miguel Trefaut
Abstract excerpt
Despite major progress in deciphering the amphibian tree of life by molecular phylogenetics, we identified two questions remaining to be answered regarding relationships within Hyloidea, the clade of South American origin that comprises most extant anuran diversity. A few genera like Rupirana and Crossodactylodes have enigmatic phylogenetic positions, and relationships among major lineages within some families...
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