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Model-based total evidence phylogeny of Neotropical electric knifefishes (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Feb 2016
Tagliacollo Victor A, Bernt Maxwell J, Craig Jack M, Oliveira Claudio, Albert James S
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This study provides the most comprehensive Model-Based Total Evidence (MBTE) phylogenetic analyses of the clade Gymnotiformes to date, reappraising relationships using a dataset comprised of six genes (5277bp) and 223 morphological characters, and an ingroup taxon sample including 120 of 212 valid species representing 34 of the 35 extant genera. Our MBTE analyses indicate the two main gymnotiform clades are...
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