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    Kent Rylander

  3. Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas del Mar, Universidad de Oriente, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela

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Pérez, J., Rylander, K. & Nirchio, M. The evolution of multiple haemoglobins in fishes. Rev Fish Biol Fisheries 5, 304–319 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00043004

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