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Mitogenomic analyses of deep gnathostome divergences: a fish is a fish.
Gene - 26 May 2004
Arnason Ulfur, Gullberg Anette, Janke Axel, Joss Jean, Elmerot Christian
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It is commonly accepted that among recent fishes the lungfishes are the closest relatives of the tetrapods. According to this hypothesis, the tetrapods, lungfishes and coelacanths constitute a group of specialized fishes (Sarcopterygii) to the exclusion of other bony fishes. Here, we describe basal relationships among gnathostome (jawed) vertebrates as reconstructed by analysis of complete mitochondrial DNA...
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