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Ueno, K., Nagase, A. & Ye, YJ. Tetraploid Origin of the Karyotype of the Asian Sucker, Myxocyprinus asiaticus. Jap. Jour. Ich. 34, 512–514 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02905660
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