Taxonomic relationships within the pan-oriental narrow-mouth toad Microhyla ornata as revealed by mtDNA analysis (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae)
Autor: | Guan-Fu Wu, Tomoko Tanaka-Ueno, Srinivas K. Saidapur, Masafumi Matsui, Wichase Khonsue, Tomohiko Shimada, Hidetoshi Ota, Hiroharu Ito |
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Rok vydání: | 2005 |
Předmět: |
Asia
Microhylidae Molecular Sequence Data Microhyla ornata Zoology DNA Mitochondrial Japan Species Specificity Genetic variation Animals Cluster Analysis Clade Phylogeny DNA Primers Demography geography Likelihood Functions geography.geographical_feature_category biology Phylogenetic tree Base Sequence Geography Models Genetic Genetic Variation Sequence Analysis DNA biology.organism_classification Archipelago Animal Science and Zoology Taxonomy (biology) Microhyla Anura |
Zdroj: | Zoological science. 22(4) |
ISSN: | 0289-0003 |
Popis: | A molecular phylogenetic survey was conducted using mtDNA sequences of 12S and 16S rRNA, and cyt-b genes to examine taxonomic relationships among populations of the Pan-Oriental microhylid, Microhyla ornata, from India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, China, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan. Two discrete clades are recognized within this species, one consisting of populations from India and Bangladesh, and the other encompassing the remaining populations. In the latter clade, populations from the Ryukyu Archipelago are clearly split from the rest (populations from Taiwan and the continent) with considerable degrees of genetic differentiations. Each of the three lineages is judged to represent a good species, and the name Microhyla ornata is restricted to the South Asian populations. For the populations from Taiwan and a wide region from China to Southeast Asia, the name Microhyla fissipes should be applied, whereas the Ryukyu populations are most appropriately referred to as Microhyla okinavensis, although further substantial genetic differentiations are recognized among some island group populations within this last species. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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