The Anaxyrus boreas species group currently comprises four species in western North America including the broadly distributed A. boreas, and three localized species, Anaxyrus nelsoni, Anaxyrus exsul and Anaxyrus canorus. Phylogenetic analyses of the mtDNA 12S rDNA, cytochrome oxidase I, control region, and restriction sites data, identified three major haplotype clades. The Northwest clade (NW) includes both subspecies of A. boreas and divergent minor clades in the middle Rocky Mountains, coastal, and central regions of the west and Pacific Northwest. The Southwest (SW) clade includes A. exsul, A. nelsoni, and minor clades in southern California. Anaxyrus canorus, previously identified as paraphyletic, has populations...
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Tags: 12S rDNA,
Amphibia,
Anaxyrus boreas,
Bufo,
Bufonidae, All tags...
Cytochrome oxidase I,
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,
anura,
boreas,
canorus,
conservation,
control region,
exsul,
halophilus,
nelsoni,
phylogeography,
restriction sites, Fewer tags
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