Lost Branches on the Tree of Life
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1 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, 2 Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, 3 Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America, 4 George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America, 5 Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America, 6 Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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