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DNA barcoding reveals taxonomic conflicts in the Herichthys bartoni species group (Pisces: Cichlidae).
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Nov 2012
León-Romero Yatzil, Mejía Omar, Soto-Galera Eduardo
Abstract excerpt
Fishes of the genus Herichthys are the only representatives of the family Cichlidae to have colonized the Neartic region. In this study, we used DNA barcode of 64 individuals of the Herichthys bartoni species group to test the monophyly of the species and the efficiency of this tool to discriminate among species. The Bayesian phylogenetic tree and the neighbour joining (NJ) tree obtained from the Kimura...
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