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Publication Metzger et al. (2018): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Metzger, M.J., A.N. Paynter, M.E. Siddall & S.P. Goff. 2018. Horizontal transfer of retrotransposons between bivalves and other aquatic species of multiple phyla. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 115(18): E4227-E4235. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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• Fig. 1C

Cladogram Figure 1C

  +----- Lasmigona_costata    
--+                           
  |  +-- Elliptio_complanata  
  +--+                        
     +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea