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Molecular identification of evolutionarily significant units in the Amazon River dolphin Inia sp. (Cetacea: Iniidae).
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Banguera-Hinestroza E, Cárdenas H, Ruiz-García M, Marmontel M, Gaitán E, Vázquez R, García-Vallejo F
Abstract excerpt
The Amazon river dolphin, genus Inia, is endemic to the major river basins of northern South America. No previous studies have focused on the genetic structure of this genus. In this work, 96 DNA samples from specimens of this genus were collected in the Orinoco basin (four rivers), the Putumayo River, a tributary of the Colombian Amazon and the Mamoré, and the Tijamuchí and Ipurupuru rivers in theBolivian...
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