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Data on the electrophoretic patterns of 20 enzyme loci were used to investigate relationships among seven Mediterranean goby species. The study evidenced different levels of genetic variability among the species. On the whole, the degrees of genetic differentiation were consistent with the current taxonomic recognition of species and genera. Phenetic and phylogenetic analyses agreed in clustering the samples in three groups, i.e. the Gobius (including Zosterisessor ophiocephalus), the Lesueurigobius species and Pomatoschiarua minutus. The taxa analysed probably evolved following the complex geological and climatic events that have been affecting the Mediterranean basin ever since the Miocene.
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Received: 20 June 1998 / Accepted: 5 February 1999
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Sorice, M., Caputo, V. Genetic variation in seven goby species (Perciformes: Gobiidae) assessed by electrophoresis and taxonomic inference. Marine Biology 134, 327–333 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050550
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