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Sister group
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Sister taxa
, Sister clades
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A sister group or sister taxon is a systematic term from cladistics denoting the closest relatives of a given unit in a phylogenetic tree. The…
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2009
Review
2009
Systematic and phylogeographic implications of molecular variation in the western North American roseroot, Rhodiola integrifolia (Crassulaceae)
H. J. Guest
2009
Corpus ID: 131585431
The roseroot genus Rhodiola is widely distributed in arctic and alpine areas of the Northern Hemisphere. It is most speciose in…
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2006
2006
POPULATION GENETICS OF THE PECAN WEEVIL , Curculio caryae HORN ( COLEOPTERA : CURCULIONIDAE ) , INFERRED FROM MITOCHONDRIAL NUCLEOTIDE DATA
A. Cognato
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M. Harris
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J. Bickham
2006
Corpus ID: 64349283
Population Genetics of the Pecan Weevil, Curculio caryae Horn (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Inferred from Mitochondrial Nucleotide…
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2006
2006
On the taxonomic status of Megatherium sundti Philippi, 1893 (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae)
G. Iuliis
2006
Corpus ID: 55752354
Abstract. Remains of a medium-sized megathere from Pleistocene deposits near Ulloma, Bolivia, suggest that the commonly accepted…
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2006
2006
A rail (aves, rallidae) from the early oligocene of Germany
G. Mayr
2006
Corpus ID: 55835981
A partial skeleton of a medium-sized fossil rail is described from the early Oligocene of Hofheim-Wallau in Germany and…
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2001
2001
SYSTEM ATICS OF THE CAREXJAMESII COMPLEX (CYPERACEAE: SÉCT. PHYLLOSTACHYAE )
R. Naczi
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B. Ford
2001
Corpus ID: 86144363
Analyses of morphologic, geographic, and ecologic data indicate three species comprise the Carex jamesii complex: C. jamesii, C…
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2001
2001
Redescription and Phylogenetic Relationships of Leentvaaria Demoulin (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae)
E. Domínguez
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Maria J. Ferreira
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C. Nieto
2001
Corpus ID: 82586403
The genus Leentvaaria was established by Demoulin in 1966 for a single species, L. palpalis, known from a few nymphs from Surinam…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Taxonomic Notes On Hummingbirds (Aves : Trochilidae) 2. Popelairia Letitiae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) Is A Valid Species
G. Graves
1999
Corpus ID: 37742333
—Popelairia letitiae (Bourcier & Mulsant. 1852), known from two specimens supposedly from Bolivia, appears to be a valid species…
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1999
1999
ON THE PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF SISICOTTUS HIBERNUS (ARANEAE, LINYPHIIDAE, ERIGONINAE)
Jeremy Zujko-Miller
1999
Corpus ID: 54925113
Carorita hiberna NEW COMBINATION, a species with many putative autapomorphies known from one sex and few specimens, is…
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Review
1997
Review
1997
Dispersal and Vicariance in Hawaiian Platynine Carabid Beetles (Coleoptera)
J. Liebherr
1997
Corpus ID: 85818692
The monophyletic, native Hawaiian Platynini have diversified on the Hawaiian Island chain through progressive colonization, mixed…
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1995
1995
Estimating Phylogenies from Lacunose Distance Matrices, with Special Reference to DNA Hybridization Data
Franqois-Joseph Lapointe
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John A W Kirschj
1995
Corpus ID: 13943696
Distance methods for producing phylogenies require n* comparisons among y1 taxa to generate a complete matrix. Moreover…
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