DNA barcodes are regarded as hereditary succession codes that serve as a recognition
marker to address several queries relating to the identification, classification, community …

Only a few major research programs are currently targeting COI barcoding of amphibians
and reptiles (including chelonians and crocodiles), two major groups of tetrapods …

Consensus on the taxonomic system and phylogenetic relationships for the anuran genus
Fejervarya has yet to be established. Morphological characters in this genus are generally …

We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial (mt) genome of an
endangered Japanese frog, Odorrana ishikawae (family Ranidae). We also sequenced …

Background Tandem duplication followed by random loss (TDRL) is the most frequently
invoked model to explain the diversity of gene rearrangements in metazoan mitogenomes …

Biodiversity monitoring is important for the conservation of natural ecosystems in general,
but particularly for amphibians, whose populations are pronouncedly declining. However …

Background Although mitochondrial (mt) gene order is highly conserved among vertebrates,
widespread gene rearrangements occur in anurans, especially in neobatrachians. Protein …

Background Understanding the causes underlying heterogeneity of molecular evolutionary
rates among lineages is a long-standing and central question in evolutionary biology …

Background Mitochondrial genomic (mitogenomic) reorganizations are rarely found in
closely-related animals, yet drastic reorganizations have been found in the Ranoides frogs …

Lung cancer is the major cause of cancer deaths worldwide, and it has the highest incidence
and mortality rate of any cancer among men and women in China. The first-line therapy for …