Mitogenomic evaluation of the historical biogeography of cichlids toward reliable dating of teleostean divergences

Yoichiro Azuma¹ , Yoshinori Kumazawa²^,3 , Masaki Miya⁴ , Kohji Mabuchi¹ and Mutsumi Nishida¹

¹Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-8639, Japan

²Division of Material Science and Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan

³Department of Information and Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University, 1 Yamanohata, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8501, Japan

⁴Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8682, Japan

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:215doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-215


Published:	23 July 2008

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List of species used, with database accession numbers. Classifications follow Nelson [11].

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Additional File 2:

Cichlid-specific primers for PCR and sequencing. H and L indicate the orientation of the primers. The locations of the primers are shown with the names of the targeted genes.

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