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The complete mitochondrial genome of electric catfish Malapterurus electricus and its phylogeny

Yongxin Li1, Hui Jiang2

  • 1School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.

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Malapterurus electricuselectric catfishmitochondrial genomenext-generation sequencingphylogeny

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