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Multilocus phylogeny and cryptic diversity of white-toothed shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Crocidura) in China.
BMC evolutionary biology - 14 Feb 2020
Chen Shunde, Qing Jiao, Liu Zhu, Liu Yang, Tang Mingkun, Murphy Robert W, Pu Yingting, Wang Xuming, Tang Keyi, Guo Keji, Jiang Xuelong, Liu Shaoying
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BACKGROUND: Crocidura, the most speciose mammalian genus, occurs across much of Asia, Europe and Africa. The taxonomy of Chinese representatives has been studied primarily based on cursory morphological comparisons and their molecular phylogenetic analyses remain unexplored. In order to understand the phylogeny of this group in China, we estimated the first multilocus phylogeny and conducted species delimitation,...
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