Dissertation Research: Historical Biogeography of Rhacophorid Frogs of the Japan and Ryukyu Archipelago Inferred from a Phylogenetic Perspective

小行星9520947 这项研究涉及收集样本的rhacophorid青蛙动物区系从五个假设的特有性，其中包括日本列岛和台湾，和亚洲大陆的亲缘关系或地理上接近的类群。 从这些标本中，两个独立的数据集来自线粒体DNA和形态学将进行独立和一致的分析，以构建两个不同的谱系的代表居住在这些地区的特有性的系统发育假说。 由此产生的遗传学将被用来测试这些青蛙目前的分布模式是否是过去的替代事件的结果，并提出一个假设，他们的历史地理。 然后将沿着该群岛的已知地质分析该假设，以产生日本群岛的一般地理学假设，该假设可用于评估日本和亚洲其他动物群和植物群的分布模式。

9520947 Densmore This research involves collection of samples of a rhacophorid frog fauna from five hypothesized areas of endemism which comprise the Japan Archipelago and Taiwan, and phylogenetically related or geographically proximate taxa from the Asian continent. From these specimens, two independent data sets derived from mtDNA and morphology will be analyzed independently and in concert to construct phylogenetic hypotheses for two distinct lineages which have representatives inhabiting these areas of endemism. The resulting phylogenies will be used to test whether the present distribution patterns of these frogs are the result of past vicariant events and to present a hypothesis of their historical biogeography. This hypothesis will then be analyzed along with the known geology of the archipelago to yield a general biogeographic hypothesis for the Japan Archipelago, which can be used to evaluate distributional patterns of other fauna and flora in Japan and Asia.