title: Phylogenetic relationships of leopard frogs (Rana pipiens complex) from an isolated coastal mountain range in southern Sonora, Mexico.
abstract: Mitochondrial DNA sequence data from the control region and 12S rRNA in leopard frogs from the Sierra El Aguaje of southern Sonora, Mexico, together with GenBank sequences, were used to infer taxonomic identity and provide phylogenetic hypotheses for relationships with other members of the Rana pipiens complex. We show that frogs from the Sierra El Aguaje belong to the Rana berlandieri subgroup, or Scurrilirana clade, of the R. pipiens group, and are most closely related to Rana magnaocularis from Nayarit, Mexico. We also provide further evidence that Rana magnaocularis and R. yavapaiensis are close relatives.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. Unidad Guaymas, Apartado Postal 284, Guaymas, Sonora C.P. 85480, Mexico. rpfeiler@asu.edu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pfeiler
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Markow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D049810:Genetic Speciation; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008800:Mexico; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D011894:Rana pipiens / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C075526:RNA, ribosomal, 12S