Boom and bust: Ancient and recent diversification in bichirs (polypteridae: Actinopterygii), a relictual lineage of ray-finned fishes

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1014-1026

  Near, Thomas J ^a   Dornburg, Alex ^a   Tokita, Masayoshi ^b   Suzuki, Dai ^c   Brandley, Matthew C ^a,d   Friedman, Matt ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Depauperon; Extinction; Hippopotomine Event; Living fossil; Paleodiversity; Species tree

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PHYLOGENY; RELICT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TELEOST;

AFRICA;

ACTINOPTERYGII; POLYPTERIDAE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FISH; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FISHES; FOSSILS; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84898059397     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12323     Document Type: Article

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