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Publication Teiga-Teixeira et al. (2020): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Teiga-Teixeira, J., E. Froufe, A. Gomes-dos-Santos, A.E. Bogan, A.Y. Karatayev et al. 2020. Complete mitochondrial genomes of the freshwater mussels Amblema plicata (Say, 2817), Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834), and Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857) (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 5(3): 2977-2979. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 1
                                +-- Margaritifera_falcata      
  +-----------------------------+                              
  |                             +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
  |                                                            
  |                          +----- Lanceolaria_grayii         
--+  +-----------------------+                                 
  |  |                       |  +-- Chamberlainia_somsakpanhai 
  |  |                       +--+                              
  |  |                          +-- Lamprotula_leaii           
  +--+                                                         
     |                          +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus      
     |  +-----------------------+                              
     |  |                       +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
     |  |                                                      
     +--+                       +-- Elliptio_complanata        
        |  +--------------------+                              
        |  |                    +-- Pleurobema_oviforme        
        +--+                                                   
           |  +-------------------- Amblema_plicata            
           |  |                                                
           +--+  +----------------- Popenaias_popeii           
              |  |                                             
              +--+  +-------------- Toxolasma_parvum           
                 |  |                                          
                 |  |           +-- Potamilus_alatus           
                 +--+  +--------+                              
                    |  |        +-- Potamilus_leptodon         
                    |  |                                       
                    +--+        +-- Lampsilis_cardium          
                       |  +-----+                              
                       |  |     +-- Lampsilis_ornata           
                       +--+                                    
                          |  +----- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
                          +--+                                 
                             |  +-- Lampsilis_powellii         
                             +--+                              
                                +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea      
 
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