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Discordant molecular and morphological evolution in buffalofishes (Actinopterygii: Catostomidae).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Aug 2010
Bart Henry L, Clements Mark D, Blanton Rebecca E, Piller Kyle R, Hurley David L
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Buffalofishes (Genus Ictiobus) are large, robust-bodied suckers adapted to large rivers and lakes of North America. Currently recognized species are readily diagnosed by morphological characters, and the group is known from fossils dating back to the Miocene. However, sympatrically occurring species in the Mississippi River Basin are known to hybridize in nature and in the laboratory. Here we describe patterns of...
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