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Publication Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024): cladograms

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Complete Citation

Galal-Khallaf, A., A.M. Farahat, M.E. Elmadawy, M.M. Rezk, M.F. El-Mallah et al. 2024. DNA and eDNA-based techniques for characterizing three unionid bivalve species in the northern River Nile, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Zoology 81: 15-29. Available electronically.

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Cladogram Figure 6
                       +-- Mutela_rostrata            
                    +--+                              
                    |  +-- Mutela_dubia               
     +--------------+                                 
     |              |  +-- Chambardia_rubens          
     |              +--+                              
     |                 +-- Chambardia_wahlbergi       
     |                                                
  +--+           +-------- Beringiana_beringiana      
  |  |  +--------+                                    
  |  |  |        |  +----- Sinanodonta_schrenkii      
  |  |  |        +--+                                 
  |  |  |           |  +-- Sinanodonta_lauta          
  |  |  |           +--+                              
  |  +--+              +-- Sinanodonta_lucida         
  |     |                                             
  |     |              +-- Anodonta_exulcerata        
  |     |  +-----------+                              
  |     |  |           +-- Anodonta_cygnea            
  |     |  |                                          
  |     +--+           +-- Anodonta_californiensis    
  |        |  +--------+                              
  |        |  |        +-- Anodonta_nuttalliana       
  |        |  |                                       
--+        +--+        +-- Anodonta_kennerlyi         
  |           |  +-----+                              
  |           |  |     +-- Anodonta_oregonensis       
  |           +--+                                    
  |              |  +----- Anodonta_anatina           
  |              +--+                                 
  |                 |  +-- Utterbackiana_couperiana   
  |                 +--+                              
  |                    +-- Utterbackiana_hartfieldorum
  |                                                   
  |     +----------------- Coelatura_horei            
  |     |                                             
  |     |              +-- Coelatura_gabonensis       
  |     |     +--------+                              
  |     |     |        +-- Coelatura_aegyptiaca__4    
  |     |     |                                       
  |     |  +--+  +-------- Coelatura_kunenensis       
  +-----+  |  |  |                                    
        |  |  |  |  +----- Coelatura_luapulaensis__1  
        |  |  +--+  |                                 
        |  |     |  +----- Coelatura_luapulaensis__3  
        |  |     |  |                                 
        |  |     +--+----- Coelatura_luapulaensis__4  
        |  |        |                                 
        |  |        +----- Coelatura_choziensis__2    
        +--+        |                                 
           |        |  +-- Coelatura_luapulaensis__2  
           |        +--+                              
           |           +-- Coelatura_choziensis__1    
           |                                          
           |  +----------- Coelatura_alluaudi__2      
           |  |                                       
           |  +----------- Nitia_acuminata            
           |  |                                       
           |  |  +-------- Coelatura_aegyptiaca__1    
           +--+  |                                    
              |  +-------- Coelatura_bakeri__2        
              |  |                                    
              |  |     +-- Coelatura_aegyptiaca__2    
              |  +-----+                              
              +--+     +-- Coelatura_stuhlmanni__1    
                 |                                    
                 |     +-- Coelatura_stuhlmanni__2    
                 +-----+                              
                 |     +-- Coelatura_bakeri__1        
                 |                                    
                 |  +----- Coelatura_aegyptiaca__3    
                 +--+                                 
                    |  +-- Coelatura_alluaudi__1      
                    +--+                              
                       +-- Coelatura_hauttecoeuri     
 
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