Angelfish Hybrids Genetic Tree (IMAGE)

University of Sydney

Angelfish Hybrids Genetic Tree

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Advances in molecular techniques have made hybrid identification much easier, though identification of unilateral maternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA. The squiggly hybrid of Paracentropyge venusta x P. multifasciata here has maternal ancestry from P. multifasciata. This remarkable hybrid is known from few museum specimens, with the Australian Museum Research Institute housing two species (AMS I. 48937¬-001 and AMS I. 48938-001).

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Photographs by Y.K. Tea, H. Senou, and J. Williams.

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Photographs by Y.K. Tea, H. Senou, and J. Williams.

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