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Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the freshwater eel, genus Anguilla.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2001
Aoyama J, Nishida M, Tsukamoto K
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A molecular phylogenetic analysis was conducted on all of the known catadromous eel species of the genus Anguilla to assess their relationships and evolutionary history. The analyses of a total of 1427 bp of the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA and 1140 bp of the complete cytochrome b gene sequences suggested that the genus Anguilla was monophyletic in origin, with A. borneensis as the most basal species. Four...
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