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Phylogeographic patterns in suckermouth catfish Hypostomus ancistroides (Loricariidae): dispersion, vicariance and species complexity across a Neotropical biogeographic region.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 Sept 2016
Hollanda Carvalho Pedro, Maia Queiroz Lima Sergio, Henrique Zawadzki Cláudio, Oliveira Cláudio, de Pinna Mario
Abstract excerpt
The upper Paraná River system (UP) is a highly diverse biogeographic province for freshwater fishes, but little is known about processes which shaped that diversity. This study describes the phylogeographic pattern in Hypostomus ancistroides, a suckermouth catfish species that is widespread in the UP and also reported from the adjoining Ribeira do Iguape basin. We used complete mtDNA sequences of ATPase 6/8 of...
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