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Integrative species delimitation methods infer species boundaries in the Lomatium foeniculaceum complex and indicate an evolutionary history from the Southwest towards the Northeast in western North America
- Award ID(s):
- 1916882
- PAR ID:
- 10596458
- Publisher / Repository:
- Elsevier
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Volume:
- 204
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 1055-7903
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 108276
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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