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Publication Chapman et al. (2008): cladograms

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Complete Citation

Chapman, E.G., H. Piontkivska, J.M. Walker, D.T. Stewart, J.P. Curole & W.R. Hoeh. 2008. Extreme primary and secondary protein structure variability in the chimeric male-transmitted cytochrome c oxidase subunit II protein in freshwater mussels: evidence for an elevated amino acid substitution rate in the face of domain-specific purifying selection. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8. 16 pp. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2
  +-------------------------------------------- Pronodularia_japanensis    
  |                                                                        
  |                                         +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
--+  +--------------------------------------+                              
  |  |                                      +-- Pustulosa_pustulosa        
  |  |                                                                     
  +--+                                      +-- Pleurobema_sintoxia        
     |  +-----------------------------------+                              
     |  |                                   +-- Fusconaia_flava            
     +--+                                                                  
        |  +----------------------------------- Amblema_plicata            
        |  |                                                               
        +--+  +-------------------------------- Plectomerus_dombeyanus     
           |  |                                                            
           +--+  +----------------------------- Popenaias_popeii           
              |  |                                                         
              +--+  +-------------------------- Toxolasma_lividum          
                 |  |                                                      
                 +--+  +----------------------- Obliquaria_reflexa         
                    |  |                                                   
                    |  |                    +-- Cyrtonaias_berlandierii    
                    +--+  +-----------------+                              
                       |  |                 +-- Glebula_rotundata          
                       |  |                                                
                       +--+                 +-- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris 
                          |  +--------------+                              
                          |  |              +-- Lemiox_rimosus             
                          |  |                                             
                          +--+              +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
                             |  +-----------+                              
                             |  |           +-- Obovaria_olivaria          
                             +--+                                          
                                |  +----------- Hamiota_subangulata        
                                +--+                                       
                                   |  +-------- Lampsilis_ovata            
                                   +--+                                    
                                      |  +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina    
                                      +--+                                 
                                         |  +-- Lampsilis_straminea        
                                         +--+                              
                                            +-- Lampsilis_hydiana          
 
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