Palearctic water frogs (genus Pelophylax) are an outstanding model in ecology and
evolution, being widespread, speciose, either threatened or threatening to other species …

In order to study the diversity, phylogenetic relationships and distribution of marsh frogs of
the Pelophylax ridibundus complex in Kazakhstan and northwest China, we conducted …

Hybridogenesis is a hemiclonal reproductive strategy in diploid and triploid hybrids. Our
study model is a frog P. esculentus (diploid RL and triploids RLL and RRL), a natural hybrid …

Studying the distribution of morphologically cryptic animal species is always a very difficult
task. Because most marsh frog species (the Pelophylax ridibundus complex) are cryptic, we …

The genus Pelophylax (water frogs) includes relatively common, widely distributed, and
even invasive species, but also endemic taxa with small ranges and limited knowledge …

Global climate change is expected to have a profound effect on species distribution. Due to
the temperature constraints, some narrow niche species could shift their narrow range to …

Semi-aquatic European water frogs (Pelophylax spp.) harbour rich helminth infra-
communities, whose effects on host population size in nature are poorly known. To study top …

An intriguing outcome of hybridisation is the emergence of clonally and hemiclonally
reproducing hybrids, that can sustain, reproduce, and lead to the emergence of polyploid …

Interspecific hybridization can disrupt canonical gametogenic pathways, leading to the
emergence of clonal and hemiclonal organisms. Such gametogenic alterations usually …

Hybridogenesis is well-known attributes of water frogs of the genus Pelophylax. The P.
esculentus complex consists of two parental species, P. lessonae and P. ridibundus, as well …