Evolution of the African Tigerfish (Genus Hydrocynus) : phylogeographic insights into drainage evolution

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2010

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Goodier, Sarah
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O'Ryan, Colleen
Cotterill, Woody
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University of Cape Town

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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
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Faculty of Science
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Abstract
Aquatic species,notably fish, can reveal details of drainage evolution, especially where their evolutionary relationships can be reconstructed using phylogeographic methods. In this study, the mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity of the characiform genus, Hydrocynus, which is widespread across tropical Africa, is reconstructed using a phylogenetic framework and divergences are dated using the cytochrome b (cyt) region.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-122).

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Cell Biology

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Goodier, S. 2010. Evolution of the African Tigerfish (Genus Hydrocynus) : phylogeographic insights into drainage evolution. University of Cape Town.

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