Phylogeny of Gadidae based on fossil and recent otoliths with special emphasis on the evolution of Micromesistius and Gadiculus
Otoliths are a powerful tool in reconstructing the family tree of the Gadidae in its strict sense, thus only including the cods with three dorsal fins. To a certain degree, the evolutionary distance between the species can already be deduced from the morphology of the otoliths of recent species and...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-11-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fmars.2015.03.00044/full |