Origin of tetrapods inferred from their mitochondrial DNA affiliation to lungfish.

doi:10.1007/BF02106050

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Origin of tetrapods inferred from their mitochondrial DNA affiliation to lungfish.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Nov 1990

Meyer A, Wilson A C

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This paper shows that questions of an unexpected phylogenetic depth can be addressed by the study of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences. For decades, it has been unclear whether coelacanth fishes or lungfishes are the closest living relatives of land vertebrates (Tetrapoda). Segments of mtDNA fr...

Topics

Animals
Anura
Base Sequence
DNA, Mitochondrial
Fishes
Fossils
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal

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