Evolution of miniaturization and the phylogenetic position of <it>Paedocypris</it>, comprising the world's smallest vertebrate

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Paedocypris</it>, a highly developmentally truncated fish from peat swamp forests in Southeast Asia, comprises the world's smallest vertebrate. Although clearly a cyprinid fish, a hypothesis about its phylogeneti...

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Main Authors: Ng Peter KL, Tan Heok, Kottelat Maurice, Rüber Lukas, Britz Ralf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-03-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/38