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Mitogenome Announcement

The complete mitochondrial genome of the African malaria mosquito Anopheles funestus and its phylogenetic implication

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Pages 1065-1067 | Received 14 Dec 2018, Accepted 10 Feb 2019, Published online: 04 Mar 2019

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