title: Novel relationships among hyloid frogs inferred from 12S and 16S mitochondrial DNA sequences.
abstract: Advanced frogs (Neobatrachia) are usually divided into two taxa, Ranoidea (the firmisternal frogs) and Hyloidea (all other neobatrachians). We investigated phylogenetic relationships among several groups of Hyloidea using 12S and 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene sequences and tested explicit relationships of certain problematic hyloid taxa using a sample of 93 neobatrachians. Parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian inference methods suggest that both the Ranoidea and Hyloidea are well-supported monophyletic groups. We reject three hypotheses using parametric bootstrap simulation: (1) Dendrobatidae lies within the Ranoidea; (2) The group containing Hylidae, Pseudidae, and Centrolenidae is monophyletic; and (3) Brachycephalus is part of Bufonidae.
authors.affiliation: Section of Integrative Biology and Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. catdarst@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Catherine R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Darst
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cannatella
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D012366:RNA, Transfer, Val / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012366:RNA, Transfer, Val; C075526:RNA, ribosomal, 12S