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Publication Burzynski et al. (2017): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Burzynski, A., M. Soroka, M. Mioduchowska, A. Kaczmarczyk & J. Sell. 2017. The complete maternal and paternal mitochondrial genomes of Unio crassus: Mitochondrial molecular clock and the overconfidene of molecular dating. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 605-608. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 1-bottom
              +----- Aculamprotula_tortuosa     
           +--+                                 
           |  |  +-- Unio_nanus                 
           |  +--+                              
  +--------+     +-- Unio_tumidus               
  |        |                                    
  |        |  +----- Anodonta_anatina           
  |        +--+                                 
  |           |  +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis   
--+           +--+                              
  |              +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
  |                                             
  |              +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
  |  +-----------+                              
  |  |           +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
  +--+                                          
     |  +----------- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
     +--+                                       
        |  +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata      
        +--+                                    
           |  +----- Potomida_littoralis        
           +--+                                 
              |  +-- Lamprotula_leaii           
              +--+                              
                 +-- Pronodularia_japanensis    
Cladogram Figure 1-top
              +----- Aculamprotula_tortuosa     
           +--+                                 
           |  |  +-- Unio_nanus                 
           |  +--+                              
  +--------+     +-- Unio_tumidus               
  |        |                                    
  |        |  +----- Anodonta_anatina           
  |        +--+                                 
  |           |  +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis   
--+           +--+                              
  |              +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
  |                                             
  |              +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
  |  +-----------+                              
  |  |           +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
  +--+                                          
     |  +----------- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
     +--+                                       
        |  +-------- Sinosolenaia_carinata      
        +--+                                    
           |  +----- Lamprotula_leaii           
           +--+                                 
              |  +-- Potomida_littoralis        
              +--+                              
                 +-- Pronodularia_japanensis    
 
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