Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Is Primarily Derived from Late Miocene Andean Lineages

Juan C Santos; Luis A Coloma; Kyle Summers; Janalee P Caldwell; Richard Ree; David C Cannatella

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000056

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Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Is Primarily Derived from Late Miocene Andean Lineages

Juan C Santos ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jcsantos@mail.utexas.edu

Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology and Texas Natural Science Center, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Luis A Coloma,

Affiliation Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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Kyle Summers,

Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America
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Janalee P Caldwell,

Affiliation Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Richard Ree,

Affiliation Botany Department, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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David C Cannatella

Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology and Texas Natural Science Center, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Is Primarily Derived from Late Miocene Andean Lineages

Juan C Santos,
Luis A Coloma,
Kyle Summers,
Janalee P Caldwell,
Richard Ree,
David C Cannatella

Published: March 10, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000056

About the Authors

Juan C Santos

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jcsantos@mail.utexas.edu

Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology and Texas Natural Science Center, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Luis A Coloma

Affiliation Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Kyle Summers

Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Janalee P Caldwell

Affiliation Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Richard Ree

Affiliation Botany Department, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David C Cannatella

Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology and Texas Natural Science Center, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

JCS conceived, designed, and performed the experiments. JCS, RR, and DCC analyzed the data. JCS, RR, and DCC contributed analysis tools. JCS, LAC, KS, JPC, RR, and DCC wrote the paper.

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