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A Possible Relationship between Satellite DNA and the Evolution of Kangaroo Rat Species (Genus Dipodomys)

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Satellite DNA from twelve species of kangaroo rat has been characterized and correlates well with phylogenetic ranking within the genus Dipodomys.

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MAZRIMAS, J., HATCH, F. A Possible Relationship between Satellite DNA and the Evolution of Kangaroo Rat Species (Genus Dipodomys). Nature New Biology 240, 102–105 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio240102a0

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