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A hierarchical molecular phylogeny within the genus Daphnia.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Dec 1995
Lehman N, Pfrender M E, Morin P A, Crease T J, Lynch M
Abstract excerpt
The nucleotide sequences of two mitochondrial DNA regions were used to determine phylogenetic relationships in the genus Daphnia (water fleas), a group for which systematics are historically unstable. A portion of the small ribosomal RNA was used to reconstruct higher-level relationships among species, while a portion of the more rapidly evolving control region was used to reconstruct lower-level relationships...
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