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Phylogeny of elasmobranchs based on LSU and SSU ribosomal RNA genes.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Apr 2004
Winchell Christopher J, Martin Andrew P, Mallatt Jon
Abstract excerpt
The dominant view of the phylogeny of living elasmobranchs, based on morphological characters, is that batoids (skates and rays) are derived sharks, joined with saw sharks, and angel sharks in the clade Hypnosqualea [S. Shirai, Squalean Phylogeny: A New Framework of 'Squaloid' Sharks and Related Taxa, Hokkaido University Press, Sapporo, 1992]. By contrast, a recent molecular-phylogenetic study based on...
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