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Publication Curole & Kocher (2002): summary

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Curole, J.P. & T.D. Kocher. 2002. Ancient sex-specific extension of the cytochrome c oxidase II gene in bivalves and the fidelity of doubly-uniparental inheritance. Molecular Biology and Evolution 19(8): 1323-1328. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004193.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta implicata = Utterbackiana implicata

Lampsilis teres

Margaritifera hembeli

Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula refulgens = Pustulosa pustulosa

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