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Mitochondrial genomes of the South American electric knifefishes (Order Gymnotiformes)

Ahmed A. ElbassiounyDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada;
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Ryan K. SchottDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
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Joseph C. WaddellDepartment of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA;
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Matthew A. KolmannDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada; ;Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
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Emma S. LehmbergDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada; ;Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;
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Alexander Van NynattenDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada; ;Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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William G. R. CramptonDepartment of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA;
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Belinda S. W. ChangDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ;Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Nathan R. LovejoyDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada; ;Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ;Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 401-403 | Received 28 Mar 2016, Accepted 31 Mar 2016, Published online: 20 Jun 2016

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