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Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura)
Frank Glaw,Miguel Vences +1 more
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A novel classification of frogs in the family Mantellidae is proposed, based on published phylogenetic information and on a new analysis of molecular data, which accounts for recent progress in the understanding of the phylogeny and natural history of these frogs.About:
This article is published in Organisms Diversity & Evolution.The article was published on 2006-08-16. It has received 116 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mantidactylus bellyi & Blommersia.read more
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An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
TL;DR: For the kingdom Animalia, 1,552,319 species have been described in 40 phyla in a new evolutionary classification as discussed by the authors and the most successful group, the Insecta (1,020,007 species), accounts for 66% of all animals.
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Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013).
TL;DR: The kingdom Animalia is here estimated to have a total of 1,659,420 described species in 40 phyla, among these, the most successful phylum Arthropoda alone represents 1,302,809 species, or about 78.5% of the total.
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To name or not to name: Criteria to promote economy of change in Linnaean classification schemes.
TL;DR: It is concluded that not all TNCs lead to equally informative and stable taxonomies and provides a workflow scheme to guide the procedure of taxonomic decisions concerning the creation or modification of supraspecific classifications.
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Speciation in little: the role of range and body size in the diversification of Malagasy mantellid frogs
TL;DR: A testable hypothesis is defined under which small body sizes result in limited dispersal capabilities and low physiological tolerances, causing smaller and more strongly fragmented ranges and can be thought to facilitate reproductive isolation and thus favor speciation.
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Phylogeny, Recombination, and Mechanisms of Stepwise Mitochondrial Genome Reorganization in Mantellid Frogs from Madagascar
Atsushi Kurabayashi,Masayuki Sumida,Hiromichi Yonekawa,Frank Glaw,Miguel Vences,Masami Hasegawa +5 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that recombination activity is not a direct cause of convergent gene rearrangement; rather, homoplasious gene rearranged seems to be mediated by persistence of a copied genomic condition through several lineage splits and subsequent parallel deletions.
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Taxonomic inflation: its influence on macroecology and conservation.
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