Afrobatrachian mitochondrial genomes: genome reorganization, gene rearrangement mechanisms, and evolutionary trends of duplicated and rearranged genes

Slow but not low: genomic comparisons reveal slower evolutionary rate and higher dN/dS in conifers compared to angiosperms

(2012) Emmanuel Buschiazzo et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The origin of modern frogs (Neobatrachia) was accompanied by acceleration in mitochondrial and nuclear substitution rates

(2012) Iker Irisarri et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Mitochondrial genomes and divergence times of crocodile newts: Inter-islands distribution of Echinotriton andersoni and the origin of a unique repetitive sequence found in Tylototriton mt genomes

(2012) Atsushi Kurabayashi et al.   GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS

PartitionFinder: Combined Selection of Partitioning Schemes and Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Analyses

(2012) R. Lanfear et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Vertebrate time-tree elucidates the biogeographic pattern of a major biotic change around the K-T boundary in Madagascar

(2012) A. Crottini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

From Antarctica or Asia? New colonization scenario for Australian-New Guinean narrow mouth toads suggested from the findings on a mysterious genus Gastrophrynoides

(2011) Atsushi Kurabayashi et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians

(2011) R. Alexander Pyron et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Complete mitochondrial genomes and novel gene rearrangements in two dicroglossid frogs, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus and Euphlyctis hexadactylus, from Bangladesh

(2010) Mohammad Shafiqul Alam et al.   GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS

The complete mitochondrial genome of the relict frogLeiopelma archeyi: Insights into the root of the frog Tree of Life

(2010) Iker Irisarri et al.   Mitochondrial DNA

MitoZoa: A curated mitochondrial genome database of metazoans for comparative genomics studies

(2010) Renato Lupi et al.   MITOCHONDRION

Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the endangered frog Odorrana ishikawae (family Ranidae) and unexpected diversity of mt gene arrangements in ranids

(2010) Atsushi Kurabayashi et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A multilocus timescale for the origin of extant amphibians

(2010) Diego San Mauro   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

TranslatorX: multiple alignment of nucleotide sequences guided by amino acid translations

(2010) Federico Abascal et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Recent developments in the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program

(2008) K. Katoh et al.   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

Phylogeny, Recombination, and Mechanisms of Stepwise Mitochondrial Genome Reorganization in Mantellid Frogs from Madagascar

(2008) A. Kurabayashi et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Inverted Replication of Vertebrate Mitochondria

(2008) M. M. Fonseca et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Complete mitochondrial genomes of three neobatrachian anurans: A case study of divergence time estimation using different data and calibration settings

(2007) Takeshi Igawa et al.   GENE