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The tight genome size of ants: diversity and evolution under ancestral state reconstruction and base composition

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Moura, Mariana Neves, Cardoso, Danon Clemes, Cristiano, Maykon Passos (2021): The tight genome size of ants: diversity and evolution under ancestral state reconstruction and base composition. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (1): 124, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa135, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/193/1/124/6036549

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