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Genetic evidence supports a distinct lineage of American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in the Greater Antilles

Four species of true crocodile (genus Crocodylus) have been described from the Americas. Three of these crocodile species exhibit non-overlapping distributions—Crocodylus intermedius in South America, C. moreletii along the Caribbean coast of Mesoamerica, and C. rhombifer confined to Cuba. The fourt...

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Autores principales: Milián-García, Yoamel, Russello, Michael A., Castellanos-Labarcena, Jessica, Cichon, Martin, Kumar, Vikas, Espinosa, Georgina, Rossi, Natalia, Mazzotti, Frank, Hekkala, Evon, Amato, George, Janke, Axel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6237115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30473930
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5836