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Bony vertebrate evolution: Elephant sharks closer to humans than teleost fish

04-02-2007 · EurekAlert!

The cartilaginous elephant shark has a basal phylogenetic position useful for understanding jawed vertebrate evolution. Survey sequencing of its genome identified four Hox clusters, suggesting that, unlike for teleost fishes, no additional whole-genome duplication has occurred.

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