DNA Analysis Improves understanding of North America's Freshwater Mussels (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

DNA Analysis Improves understanding of North America's Freshwater Mussels

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The abundance of names assigned to Mexican and Central American mussels may have led to an overestimation of the region's mussel diversity. DNA showed that many mussels with unique names belong to the same species.

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Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace

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