What fish genomes can tell us about life on land

Gross, Michael

What fish genomes can tell us about life on land

2013

Gross, Michael

The earliest vertebrates all lived in the oceans, long before life conquered land. It is only natural, therefore, that genomes of fish species are important reference points for the understanding of evolution and development of land vertebrates. Recent results from a relatively close relative, the coelacanth, and a widely used model, the zebrafish, are particularly promising, as Michael Gross reports.

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