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Phylogenetic Species Identification in Rattus Highlights Rapid Radiation and Morphological Similarity of New Guinean Species

The genus Rattus is highly speciose, the taxonomy is complex, and individuals are often difficult to identify to the species level. Previous studies have demonstrated the usefulness of phylogenetic approaches to identification in Rattus but some species, especially among the endemics of the New Guin...

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Autores principales: Robins, Judith H., Tintinger, Vernon, Aplin, Ken P., Hingston, Melanie, Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth, Penny, David, Lavery, Shane D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24865350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098002