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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Källersjö et al. (2005): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Källersjö, M., T.v. Proschwitz, S. Lundberg, P. Eldanäs & C. Erséus. 2005. Evaluation of ITS rDNA as a complement to mitochondrial gene sequences for phylogenetic studies in freshwater mussels: an example using Unionidae from north-western Europe. Zoologica Scripta 34: 415-424. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

(click the figure number to see the cladogram)

Fig. 1A
Fig. 1B-F

Cladogram Figure 1A

  +----- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                 
  |  +-- Anodonta_anatina           
  |  |                              
  +--+-- Pseudanodonta_complanata   
--+  |                              
  |  +-- Anodonta_cygnea            
  |                                 
  |  +-- Unio_crassus               
  |  |                              
  +--+-- Unio_pictorum              
     |                              
     +-- Unio_tumidus

Cladogram Figure 1B-F

  +-------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                    
  |  +----- Anodonta_anatina           
  +--+                                 
--+  |  +-- Pseudanodonta_complanata   
  |  +--+                              
  |     +-- Anodonta_cygnea            
  |                                    
  |  +----- Unio_tumidus               
  +--+                                 
     |  +-- Unio_crassus               
     +--+                              
        +-- Unio_pictorum

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