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[Phylogenetic analysis of smelts (Osmeridae) based on the variation of cytochrome b gene].
Genetika - 1 Jan 2010
Skurikhina L A, Kukhlevskiĭ A D, Oleĭnik A G, Kovpak N E
Abstract excerpt
Putative phylogenetic relationships between all smelt species inhabiting Russian waters were studied using RFLP and the data on divergence between nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial gene encoding cytochrome b. All types of phylogenetic trees (NJ, MP, and Bayesian) displayed stable clustering into isolated groups corresponding to the division of the subfamily Osmerinae into three genera, Mallotus, Osmerus,...
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