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Evolution and diversity of fish genomes.
Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Dec 2003
Venkatesh Byrappa
Abstract excerpt
The ray-finned fishes ('fishes') vary widely in genome size, morphology and adaptations. Teleosts, which comprise approximately 23600 species, constitute >99% of living fishes. The radiation of teleosts has been attributed to a genome duplication event, which is proposed to have occurred in an ancient teleost. But more evidence is required to support the genome-duplication hypothesis and to establish a causal...
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