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The systematics of North American Daphnia (Crustacea: Anomopoda): a molecular phylogenetic approach.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 29 Mar 1996
Colbourne J K, Hebert P D
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Despite extensive studies on the ecology and evolution of the freshwater microcrustacean Daphnia, there is little understanding of the evolutionary history of the genus. Past attempts at reconstructing phylogenetic relationships among Daphnia species have been highly controversial, mainly because of the poor taxonomy of the genus. However, following a revised taxonomy of the daphniid fauna of North America, we...
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