Underestimation of Species Richness in Neotropical Frogs Revealed by mtDNA Analyses

Antoine Fouquet; André Gilles; Miguel Vences; Christian Marty; Michel Blanc; Neil J. Gemmell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001109

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Underestimation of Species Richness in Neotropical Frogs Revealed by mtDNA Analyses

Antoine Fouquet ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: afo23@student.canterbury.ac.nz.

Affiliations Molecular Ecology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, EA 3781 EGEE Evolution Genome Environment, Université de Provence, Centre St Charles, Marseille, France
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André Gilles,

Affiliation EA 3781 EGEE Evolution Genome Environment, Université de Provence, Centre St Charles, Marseille, France
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Miguel Vences,

Affiliation Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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Christian Marty,

Affiliation Impasse Jean Galot, Montjoly, French Guiana
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Michel Blanc,

Affiliation Pointe Maripa, RN2/PK35, Roura, French Guiana
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Neil J. Gemmell

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Underestimation of Species Richness in Neotropical Frogs Revealed by mtDNA Analyses

Antoine Fouquet,
André Gilles,
Miguel Vences,
Christian Marty,
Michel Blanc,
Neil J. Gemmell

Published: October 31, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001109

About the Authors

Antoine Fouquet

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: afo23@student.canterbury.ac.nz.

Affiliations Molecular Ecology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, EA 3781 EGEE Evolution Genome Environment, Université de Provence, Centre St Charles, Marseille, France

André Gilles

Affiliation EA 3781 EGEE Evolution Genome Environment, Université de Provence, Centre St Charles, Marseille, France

Miguel Vences

Affiliation Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Christian Marty

Affiliation Impasse Jean Galot, Montjoly, French Guiana

Michel Blanc

Affiliation Pointe Maripa, RN2/PK35, Roura, French Guiana

Neil J. Gemmell

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NG AG AF. Performed the experiments: AF. Analyzed the data: AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NG AG AF MV CM MB. Wrote the paper: NG AG AF MV.

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