The phylogeny of the grey mullets is considered problematic both at the intra-and interfamily level. Such a difficulty arises from the highly homogeneous morphology displayed by this group of fish and, consequently, from the paucity of the key morphological characters suitable to address their phylo
On the rate of molecular evolution
β Scribed by Motoo Kimura; Tomoko Ohta
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1017 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2844
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