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Highlighting Astyanax Species Diversity through DNA Barcoding.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Rossini Bruno César, Oliveira Carlos Alexandre Miranda, Melo Filipe Augusto Gonçalves de, Bertaco Vinicius de Araújo, Astarloa Juan M Díaz de, Rosso Juan J, Foresti Fausto, Oliveira Claudio
Abstract excerpt
DNA barcoding has been used extensively to solve taxonomic questions and identify new species. Neotropical fishes are found in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, with a large number of species yet to be described, many of which are very difficult to identify. Characidae is the most species-rich family of the Characiformes, and many of its genera are affected by taxonomic uncertainties, including the...
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