Molecular analyses reveal the occurrence of three new sympatric lineages of velvet worms (Onychophora: Peripatidae) in the eastern Amazon basin

Abstract In the present study, we investigated the possible existence of new lineages of peripatids through comparisons between known Neotropical species and specimens obtained from two locations in Pará, a state in eastern Brazilian Amazonia using a molecular approach based on sequences of the mtDN...

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Main Authors: Williana T. R. Cunha, Rita C. O. Santos, Juliana Araripe, Iracilda Sampaio, Horacio Schneider, Péricles S. Rêgo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2017-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572017000100147&lng=en&tlng=en