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Qing Luo1,2, Jiafeng Liu1,3, Jiajun Liu1,4

  • 1Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510380, China.

まとめ

この研究では,小型のヘビ頭 (Channa pyrophthalmus) が,その親類 (Channa gachua) から約710万年前に分離したことが明らかになりました. この差異は地質学的な出来事とミトコンドリア遺伝子の適応的進化と関連しており,ヘビ頭の体のサイズ多様性を説明する.

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