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Molecular study of Astyanax altiparanae (Osteichthyes, Characidae) as a probable species complex.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 7 Aug 2014
Deprá I C, Gomes V N, Deprá G C, Oliveira I J, Prioli S M A P, Prioli A J
Abstract excerpt
Astyanax altiparanae, belonging to the bimaculatus group, which includes species with similar colors and morphology, occurs in the upper Paraná River basin. As the use of mitochondrial DNA has made great strides in the diagnosis of species, in previous researches, two strains were detected in A. altiparanae with a high divergence in the D-loop region, provisionally called AltoPR and AltoPR-D. Evidence led to the...
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