Research article

Phylogenetic reconstruction using secondary structures of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2, rDNA): finding the molecular and morphological gap in Caribbean gorgonian corals

Alejandro Grajales, Catalina Aguilar and Juan A Sánchez^*

Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas-Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio Biología Molecular Marina (BIOMMAR), Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7:90 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-90

Published: 11 June 2007

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DCSE Alignment. Sequences alignment in DCSE format showing secondary structures of fourteen species of octocorals.

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Molecular morphometrics. Molecular morphometrics species/characters matrix

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