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Molecular Evolution and the Phylogenetic Relationships of the African Toad, Bufo danielae PERRET, 1977 (Salientia : Bufonidae)
Helmut HemmerKonrad BachmannA. KonradLinda R. Maxsonsubject
Species complexSpecies groupsbiologyPhylogenetic treeurogenital systemZoologyToadbiology.organism_classificationNuclear DNAMolecular evolutionSalientiabiology.animalAnimal Science and ZoologyBufoEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsdescription
Abstract Phylogenetic relationships of the African toad Bufo danielae are investigated using a variety of biochemical approaches. Nuclear DNA content was assayed and compared to representatives of three species groups of African Bufo. Cellogel electrophoresis of plasma proteins was performed and patterns of B. danielae compared with those of representatives of the African B. regularis species complex. Finally microcomplement fixation analyses of albumin relationships of B. danielae and African Bufo were carried out. The strengths of the varied approaches for phylogenetic analysis are discussed. B. danielae appears most closely related to B. maculatus and B. pusillus, it being some 5-6 million years since these species last shared a common gene pool.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-01-01 | Amphibia-Reptilia |