The evolutionary history of termites as inferred from 66 mitochondrial genomes.

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  2015

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  Molecular biology and evolution

• Publication date

  2015-02-01

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  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/molbev/msu308PMID 25389205
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