CAA: Phylogenetic Analysis of the African Treefrog Family, Hyperoliidae

9509519理查兹这项研究涉及利用分子序列数据确定非洲树蛙家族之间的进化关系。这项研究将为更全面地调查所有东半球树蛙的进化史提供所需的基线数据。这些青蛙分布在非洲、马达加斯加、塞舌尔群岛、斯里兰卡和印度，这些大陆都有已知的地质历史。对这些青蛙之间进化关系模式的分析将允许对关于它们的起源和多样性的生物地理学假说进行测试。这项研究将有助于我们了解东半球树蛙的系统学。以前基于形态学的研究一直无法解决这一群体之间的关系。

9509519 Richards This research involves determination of the evolutionary relationships among a African family of treefrogs using molecular sequence data. This study will provide baseline data needed for a more comprehensive investigation of the evolutionary history of all Old World tree frogs. These frogs are distributed in Africa, Madagascar, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka and India, land masses with known geological histories. Analysis of the pattern of evolutionary relationship among these frogs will allow the testing of biogeogpaphic hypotheses concerning their origin and diversification. %%% This research will contribute to our understanding of the systematics of Old World tree frogs. Prior studies based on morphology have been unable to resolve relationships among this group.