Phylogenetic relationships of brown frogs with 24 chromosomes from Far East Russia and Hokkaido assessed by mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences (Rana : Ranidae)

Comparisons of nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome b gene revealed that the brown frog from Sakhalin has genetically little differentiated from Rana pirica from Hokkaido. Although they show some differences in adult morphology, they are considered to be conspecific. These frogs have seq...

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Main Authors: Tanaka-Ueno, Tomoko, Matsui, Masafumi, Sato, Takanori, Takenaka, Sen, Takenaka, Osamu
Other Authors: 松井, 正文
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Zoological Society of Japan 1998
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Sakhalin
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2433/65055
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Summary:Comparisons of nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome b gene revealed that the brown frog from Sakhalin has genetically little differentiated from Rana pirica from Hokkaido. Although they show some differences in adult morphology, they are considered to be conspecific. These frogs have sequences substantially different from R. dybowskii from the Maritime territory of Russia, and the current taxonomic idea to specifically separate them is genetically supported. On the other hand, R. dybowskii from the Maritime territory is genetically well differentiated from a conspecific population from Tsushima.

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