@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref22784,
author = {Karen Siu-Ting and David J. Gower and Davide Pisani and Roman Kassahun and Fikirte Gebresenbet and Michele Menegon and Abebe Mengistu and Samy Saber and Rafael O de Sa and Mark Wilkinson and Simon P. Loader},
title = {Evolutionary relationships of the Critically Endangered frog Ericabatrachus baleensis Largen, 1991 with notes on incorporating previously unsampled taxa into large-scale phylogenetic analyses},
year = {2014},
keywords = {Africa, Amphibia, Eastern Afromontane, Ethiopia, Petropedetes, phylogenetics},
doi = {},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {BMC Evolutionary Biology},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
abstract = {Background
The phylogenetic relationships of many taxa remain poorly known because of a lack of appropriate data and/or analyses. Despite substantial recent advances, amphibian phylogeny remains poorly resolved in many instances. The phylogenetic relationships of the Ethiopian endemic monotypic genus Ericabatrachus has been addressed thus far only with phenotypic data and remains contentious.
Results
We obtained fresh samples of the now rare and Critically Endangered Ericabatrachus baleensis and generated DNA sequences for two mitochondrial and four nuclear genes. Analyses of these new data using de novo and constrained-tree phylogenetic reconstructions strongly support a close relationship between Ericabatrachus and Petropedetes, and allow us to reject previously proposed alternative hypotheses of a close relationship with cacosternines or Phrynobatrachus.
Conclusions
We discuss the implications of our results for the taxonomy, biogeography and conservation of E. baleensis, and suggest a two-tiered approach to the inclusion and analyses of new data in order to assess the phylogenetic relationships of previously unsampled taxa. Such approaches will be important in the future given the increasing availability of relevant mega-alignments and potential framework phylogenies.}
}
Citation for Study 15260
Citation title:
"Evolutionary relationships of the Critically Endangered frog Ericabatrachus baleensis Largen, 1991 with notes on incorporating previously unsampled taxa into large-scale phylogenetic analyses".
Study name:
"Evolutionary relationships of the Critically Endangered frog Ericabatrachus baleensis Largen, 1991 with notes on incorporating previously unsampled taxa into large-scale phylogenetic analyses".
This study is part of submission 15260
(Status: Published).
Citation
Siu-ting K., Gower D., Pisani D., Kassahun R., Gebresenbet F., Menegon M., Mengistu A., Saber S., De sa R.O., Wilkinson M., & Loader S.P. 2014. Evolutionary relationships of the Critically Endangered frog Ericabatrachus baleensis Largen, 1991 with notes on incorporating previously unsampled taxa into large-scale phylogenetic analyses. BMC Evolutionary Biology, .
Authors
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Siu-ting K.
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Gower D.
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Pisani D.
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Kassahun R.
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Gebresenbet F.
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Menegon M.
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Mengistu A.
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Saber S.
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De sa R.O.
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Wilkinson M.
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Loader S.P.
Abstract
Background
The phylogenetic relationships of many taxa remain poorly known because of a lack of appropriate data and/or analyses. Despite substantial recent advances, amphibian phylogeny remains poorly resolved in many instances. The phylogenetic relationships of the Ethiopian endemic monotypic genus Ericabatrachus has been addressed thus far only with phenotypic data and remains contentious.
Results
We obtained fresh samples of the now rare and Critically Endangered Ericabatrachus baleensis and generated DNA sequences for two mitochondrial and four nuclear genes. Analyses of these new data using de novo and constrained-tree phylogenetic reconstructions strongly support a close relationship between Ericabatrachus and Petropedetes, and allow us to reject previously proposed alternative hypotheses of a close relationship with cacosternines or Phrynobatrachus.
Conclusions
We discuss the implications of our results for the taxonomy, biogeography and conservation of E. baleensis, and suggest a two-tiered approach to the inclusion and analyses of new data in order to assess the phylogenetic relationships of previously unsampled taxa. Such approaches will be important in the future given the increasing availability of relevant mega-alignments and potential framework phylogenies.
Keywords
Africa, Amphibia, Eastern Afromontane, Ethiopia, Petropedetes, phylogenetics
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@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref22784,
author = {Karen Siu-Ting and David J. Gower and Davide Pisani and Roman Kassahun and Fikirte Gebresenbet and Michele Menegon and Abebe Mengistu and Samy Saber and Rafael O de Sa and Mark Wilkinson and Simon P. Loader},
title = {Evolutionary relationships of the Critically Endangered frog Ericabatrachus baleensis Largen, 1991 with notes on incorporating previously unsampled taxa into large-scale phylogenetic analyses},
year = {2014},
keywords = {Africa, Amphibia, Eastern Afromontane, Ethiopia, Petropedetes, phylogenetics},
doi = {},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {BMC Evolutionary Biology},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
abstract = {Background
The phylogenetic relationships of many taxa remain poorly known because of a lack of appropriate data and/or analyses. Despite substantial recent advances, amphibian phylogeny remains poorly resolved in many instances. The phylogenetic relationships of the Ethiopian endemic monotypic genus Ericabatrachus has been addressed thus far only with phenotypic data and remains contentious.
Results
We obtained fresh samples of the now rare and Critically Endangered Ericabatrachus baleensis and generated DNA sequences for two mitochondrial and four nuclear genes. Analyses of these new data using de novo and constrained-tree phylogenetic reconstructions strongly support a close relationship between Ericabatrachus and Petropedetes, and allow us to reject previously proposed alternative hypotheses of a close relationship with cacosternines or Phrynobatrachus.
Conclusions
We discuss the implications of our results for the taxonomy, biogeography and conservation of E. baleensis, and suggest a two-tiered approach to the inclusion and analyses of new data in order to assess the phylogenetic relationships of previously unsampled taxa. Such approaches will be important in the future given the increasing availability of relevant mega-alignments and potential framework phylogenies.}
}
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TY - JOUR
ID - 22784
AU - Siu-Ting,Karen
AU - Gower,David J.
AU - Pisani,Davide
AU - Kassahun,Roman
AU - Gebresenbet,Fikirte
AU - Menegon,Michele
AU - Mengistu,Abebe
AU - Saber,Samy
AU - de Sa,Rafael O
AU - Wilkinson,Mark
AU - Loader,Simon P.
T1 - Evolutionary relationships of the Critically Endangered frog Ericabatrachus baleensis Largen, 1991 with notes on incorporating previously unsampled taxa into large-scale phylogenetic analyses
PY - 2014
KW - Africa
KW - Amphibia
KW - Eastern Afromontane
KW - Ethiopia
KW - Petropedetes
KW - phylogenetics
UR - http://dx.doi.org/
N2 - Background
The phylogenetic relationships of many taxa remain poorly known because of a lack of appropriate data and/or analyses. Despite substantial recent advances, amphibian phylogeny remains poorly resolved in many instances. The phylogenetic relationships of the Ethiopian endemic monotypic genus Ericabatrachus has been addressed thus far only with phenotypic data and remains contentious.
Results
We obtained fresh samples of the now rare and Critically Endangered Ericabatrachus baleensis and generated DNA sequences for two mitochondrial and four nuclear genes. Analyses of these new data using de novo and constrained-tree phylogenetic reconstructions strongly support a close relationship between Ericabatrachus and Petropedetes, and allow us to reject previously proposed alternative hypotheses of a close relationship with cacosternines or Phrynobatrachus.
Conclusions
We discuss the implications of our results for the taxonomy, biogeography and conservation of E. baleensis, and suggest a two-tiered approach to the inclusion and analyses of new data in order to assess the phylogenetic relationships of previously unsampled taxa. Such approaches will be important in the future given the increasing availability of relevant mega-alignments and potential framework phylogenies.
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JF - BMC Evolutionary Biology
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