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. 2017 Apr 3;27(7):R277-R279.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.029.

Evolution: Divining the Nature of the Ancestral Vertebrate

Philip Donoghue  1
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Evolution: Divining the Nature of the Ancestral Vertebrate

Philip Donoghue. Curr Biol. .
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Inferences of the ancestral vertebrate are increasingly complex because the previously understudied cyclostomes have been revealed as simplified and specialised. New research uncovers another ancestral vertebrate character, resolving a century of debate over whether the ancestral vertebrate bore gills.

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