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Taxonomic status of the three color variants in sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus): evidence from mitochondrial phylogenomic analyses.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 Jul 2016
Zhang Wei, Cao Zhengfei, Li Yuchun, Zhao Hong, Huang Jianjun, Liang Zhenlin, Huang Luqi
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Color variation in sea cucumber is one of the most crucial traits affecting price and taste in East Asian countries. However, the relationship and taxonomic status of the three color variants are still unclear. We used 14 samples that covered all three color variants and their geographic distributions, to construct the first phylogeny for the color variants based on the complete mitochondrial genome sequence and...
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