Abstract:
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journal_name
Mol Phylogenet Evoljournal_title
Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionauthors
Borowiec ML,Rabeling C,Brady SG,Fisher BL,Schultz TR,Ward PSdoi
10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.024subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-05-01 00:00:00pages
111-121eissn
1055-7903issn
1095-9513pii
S1055-7903(17)30580-8journal_volume
134pub_type
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