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A thirteen-million-year divergence between two lineages of Indonesian coelacanths.
Scientific reports - 13 Jan 2020
Kadarusman, Sugeha Hagi Yulia, Pouyaud Laurent, Hocdé Régis, Hismayasari Intanurfemi B, Gunaisah Endang, Widiarto Santoso B, Arafat Gulam, Widyasari Ferliana, Mouillot David, Paradis Emmanuel
Abstract excerpt
Coelacanth fishes of the genus Latimeria are the only surviving representatives of a basal lineage of vertebrates that originated more than 400 million years ago. Yet, much remains to be unveiled about the diversity and evolutionary history of these 'living fossils' using new molecular data, including the possibility of 'cryptic' species or unknown lineages. Here, we report the discovery of a new specimen in...
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