Failed species, innominate forms, and the vain search for species limits: cryptic diversity in dusky salamanders (Desmognathus) of eastern Tennessee
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AK N = 10 N = 7 N = 39 N = 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 GAPDH N = 10 N = 7 N = 34 N = 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.800 3 0 1 0 0.200 4 0 0 1 0 GDH N = 10 N = 6 N = 29 N = 5 1 0 1 0.759 0 2 1 0 0.241 1 LDH2 N = 9 N = 7 N = 45 N = 5 2 0 0.429 0.022 0 5 0 0.571 0.200 1 6 0 0 0.000 0 7 0.833 0 0.567 0 8 0.167 0 0.211 0 PEP N = 10 N = 6 N = 45 N = 4 4 0 0.417 0.000 0 5 0.250 0 0.311 0 6 0 0 0.011 0 7 0 0.583 0.133 0 9 0.750 0 0.511 0.375 10 0 0 0.033 0 11 0.000 0 0.000 0.625 PGDH N = 10 N = 7 N = 53 N = 5 1 0 0 0.009 0 2 0 0 0.009 0 3 0 1 0.840 1 4 1 0 0.142 0
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