Mitochondrial phylogeography of the moor frog, Rana arvalis

Abstract

The species-wide phylogeographical pattrern was studied using sequence variation in a 682 base pairs fragment of mtDNA cytochrome b gene; 223 individuals from 73 localities were analysed.

Keywords

• Carpathian Basin
• eastern refugia
• mitochondrial DNA
• nested clade analysis
• phylogeography
• Rana arvalis