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Molecular Studies of Characiform Phylogeny

Richard P. Vari and Guillermo Ortí
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References

Ortí, G. 1997. The Radiation of Characiform Fishes: Evidence from Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Sequences. Pp. 215-239 In: Molecular Systematics of Fishes, T.D. Kocher and C. Stepien Eds., Academic Press, San Diego, California.

Ortí, G.and A. Meyer. 1997. The radiation of characiform fishes and the limits of resolution of mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences. Syst. Biol. 46:75-100.

Ortí, G. and A. Meyer. 1996. Molecular evolution of ependymin and the phylogenetic resolution of early divergences among teleost fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13 (4): 556-573.

Ortí, G., P. Petry, J. A. Porto, M. Jeg, and A. Meyer. 1996. Patterns of nucleotide change in mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes and the phylogeny of piranhas. Journal of Molecular Evolution 42 (2): 169-182.

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