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  <dc:contributor>E.W. Valdez</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>M.A. Bogan</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>G.S. Spicer</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>A.J. Piaggio</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2002</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;The systematic relationship between &lt;i&gt;Myotis lucifugus carissima&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Myotis occultus&lt;/i&gt; has been the subject of multiple studies. Although several studies, including a recent allozyme study, concluded that &lt;i&gt;M. occultus&lt;/i&gt; is a subspecies of &lt;i&gt;M. lucifugus&lt;/i&gt;, this view has not been universally accepted. We reexamined the relationships of these 2 taxa by sequencing the mitochondrial cytochrome-&lt;i&gt;b&lt;/i&gt; (cyt-&lt;i&gt;b&lt;/i&gt;) and cytochrome oxidase II (COII) genes of specimens from the allozyme study. The results suggest that &lt;i&gt;M. occultus&lt;/i&gt; represents an evolutionarily distinct monophyletic lineage and provide support to arguments that &lt;i&gt;M. occultus&lt;/i&gt; is a distinct species.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083&lt;0386:SOMOCV&gt;2.0.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>American Society of Mammalogists</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Systematics of Myotis occultus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) inferred from sequences of two mitochondrial genes</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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