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Descriptor English:
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Poecilia
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Poecilia
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Poecilia
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Synonyms English:
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Guppy
Lebistes
Molly
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Tree Number:
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B01.150.900.493.850.280.680
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Definition English:
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A genus of livebearing cyprinodont fish comprising the guppy and molly. Some species are virtually all female and depend on sperm from other species to stimulate egg development. Poecilia is used in carcinogenicity studies as well as neurologic and physiologic research. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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note X refs; NIM when exper animal: no qualif; when IM, qualif permitted
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History Note English:
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91(87); was see under CYPRINODONTIFORMES 1987-90
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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19297
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Unique Identifier:
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D011036
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