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1. 1. Genetic data useful for distinguishing piranhas | Practical Fishkeeping magazine

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   Published on: 9/16/2007   Last Visited: 2/1/2008

   In a study published in a recent issue of the journal Zootaxa by Barbie Freeman, Matthew Osentoski and Timothy Collins of Florida International University, and Leo Nico and Howard Jelks of the United States Geological Survey, the molecular systematics of the piranha family (Serrasalmidae) were examined using sequences for three mitochondrial genes.

2. 2. sciences.academickeys.com

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   Timothy Collins, Professor Florida International University

3. 3. Fighting the channeled apple snail - Orlando Sentinel : Orange County News Fighting the channeled apple snail - Orlando Sentinel : Orange County News

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   Published on: 10/11/2006   Last Visited: 10/12/2006

   "They are both bad news, but one is worse," said Timothy Collins, an associate professor of biology at Florida International University in Miami.
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   But in addition to the common channeled apple snail, Collins has discovered a separate variety, the island channeled apple snail, in several Florida water bodies.
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   Attention to the island snails started recently when Collins presented information to the National Park Service about slimy critters taking hold in the Everglades. Collins linked that species to water bodies across the state.
   
   Collins has been conducting two years of federally funded research with snail experts Robert Cowie and Ken Hayes at the University of Hawaii.
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   "Once we have the genetic data in hand, it is easier to discriminate these things," Collins said. "What we called channeled apple snails are really three distinct things, and we have been treating them as one."
   
   Knowing more about their enemy could help the state study them. "This might have implications to trying to stop the spread of these things," Collins said.
   
   Collins and others say that even though the different types of exotic snails all have certain effects on the environment, knowing exactly which ones they are dealing with can help to understand what they eat, how much they eat and how quickly they can reproduce.