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Phylogeny and evolutionary radiation of the marine mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2018
Liu Jun, Liu Helu, Zhang Haibin
Abstract excerpt
The marine mussels (Mytilidae) are distributed in the oceans worldwide and occupy various habitats with diverse life styles. However, their taxonomy and phylogeny remain unclear from genus to family level due to equivocal morphological and anatomical characters among some taxa. In this study, we inferred the deep phylogenetic relationships among 42 mytiloid species, 19 genera, and five subfamilies of the extant...
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