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Article Addendum

Magic trait Electric Organ Discharge (EOD)

Dual function of electric signals promotes speciation in African weakly electric fish

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Pages 329-331 | Received 09 Mar 2009, Accepted 11 Mar 2009, Published online: 31 Aug 2009

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