| development of novel microsatellite markers in the omei treefrog (rhacophorus omeimontis). | eleven novel microsatellite markers were developed and characterized for the omei treefrog (rhacophorus omeimontis) using the fast isolation by aflp of sequences containing repeats method. polymorphism of each locus was tested in 24 individuals from two wild populations. the number of alleles per locus ranged from 4 to 15, the average observed and expected heterozygosity per locus ranged from 0.250 to 0.839 and from 0.562 to 0.914, respectively. two of the 11 microsatellite loci showed significa ... | 2012 | 22312271 |
| transcriptomic analysis of differentially expressed genes in the oviduct of rhacophorus omeimontis provides insights into foam nest construction. | the production of foam nests is one of the strategies that has evolved to allow some anuran species to protect their eggs and larvae. despite considerable knowledge of the biochemical components of and construction behavior leading to anuran foam nests, little is known about the molecular basis of foam nest construction. rhacophorus omeimontis presents an arboreal foam-nesting strategy during the breeding season. to better understand the molecular mechanism of foam nest production, transcriptome ... | 2019 | 31286852 |
| geologic events coupled with pleistocene climatic oscillations drove genetic variation of omei treefrog (rhacophorus omeimontis) in southern china. | pleistocene climatic oscillations and historical geological events may both influence current patterns of genetic variation, and the species in southern china that faced unique climatic and topographical events have complex evolutionary histories. however, the relative contributions of climatic oscillations and geographical events to the genetic variation of these species remain undetermined. to investigate patterns of genetic variation and to test the hypotheses about the factors that shaped th ... | 2015 | 26690899 |
| testis asymmetry and sperm length in rhacophorus omeimontis. | theory predicts that the degree of testes asymmetry should be positively correlated with male body condition in species with directional testis asymmetry. we tested this prediction in rhacophorus omeimontis, a species in which females mate with more than one male. our results showed that the treefrogs did not exhibit the absence of directional asymmetry in testis size, but rather the occurrence of fluctuating asymmetry. moreover, we also tested differences in body size, body mass, testis mass, t ... | 2012 | 22639806 |
| evolution by selection, recombination, and gene duplication in mhc class i genes of two rhacophoridae species. | comparison of major histocompatibility complex (mhc) genes across vertebrate species can reveal molecular mechanisms underlying the evolution of adaptive immunity-related proteins. as the first terrestrial tetrapods, amphibians deserve special attention because of their exposure to probably increased spectrum of microorganisms compared with ancestral aquatic fishes. knowledge regarding the evolutionary patterns and mechanisms associated with amphibian mhc genes remains limited. the goal of the p ... | 2013 | 23734729 |
| re-examination of the phylogeny of rhacophoridae (anura) based on mitochondrial and nuclear dna. | the phylogenetic relationships among rhacophorid frogs are under dispute. we use partial sequences of three mitochondrial (12s rrna, 16s rrna, and cytochrome b) and three nuclear protein-coding (rag-1, rhodopsin exon 1, and tyrosinase exon 1) genes from 57 ingroup taxa and eight outgroup taxa to propose a hypothesis for phylogenetic relationships within rhacophoridae. our results support recognition of the genus feihyla, and chiromantis is the sister taxon to the clade formed by feihyla, polyped ... | 2009 | 19100849 |