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Polyphyletic Origin of the Genus Amaurornis Inferred from Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Rails

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We thank the Chinese Natural Science Foundations (No. 30960052 and 31260510) and the Jiangxi Province Education Foundation (GJJ12002) for their financial support to this study.

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    Luzhang Ruan, Yushi Wang, Jinrun Hu & Yi Ouyang

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Ruan, L., Wang, Y., Hu, J. et al. Polyphyletic Origin of the Genus Amaurornis Inferred from Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Rails. Biochem Genet 50, 959–966 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-012-9535-z

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