Ancestor–descendant relationships in evolution: origin of the extant pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata
Ancestor–descendant relationships (ADRs), involving descent with modification, are the fundamental concept in evolution, but are usually difficult to recognize. We examined the cladistic relationship between the only reported fossil pygmy right whale, †Miocaperea pulchra, and its sole living relativ...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4321153 2023-05-15T15:37:07+02:00 Ancestor–descendant relationships in evolution: origin of the extant pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata Tsai, Cheng-Hsiu Fordyce, R. Ewan 2015-01 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4321153/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25589485 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0875 en eng The Royal Society http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4321153/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25589485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0875 © 2015 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. Evolutionary Biology Text 2015 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0875 2016-01-03T01:19:50Z Ancestor–descendant relationships (ADRs), involving descent with modification, are the fundamental concept in evolution, but are usually difficult to recognize. We examined the cladistic relationship between the only reported fossil pygmy right whale, †Miocaperea pulchra, and its sole living relative, the enigmatic pygmy right whale Caperea marginata, the latter represented by both adult and juvenile specimens. †Miocaperea is phylogenetically bracketed between juvenile and adult Caperea marginata in morphologically based analyses, thus suggesting a possible ADR—the first so far identified within baleen whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti). The †Miocaperea–Caperea lineage may show long-term morphological stasis and, in turn, punctuated equilibrium. Text baleen whales PubMed Central (PMC) Biology Letters 11 1 20140875 |
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Ancestor–descendant relationships (ADRs), involving descent with modification, are the fundamental concept in evolution, but are usually difficult to recognize. We examined the cladistic relationship between the only reported fossil pygmy right whale, †Miocaperea pulchra, and its sole living relative, the enigmatic pygmy right whale Caperea marginata, the latter represented by both adult and juvenile specimens. †Miocaperea is phylogenetically bracketed between juvenile and adult Caperea marginata in morphologically based analyses, thus suggesting a possible ADR—the first so far identified within baleen whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti). The †Miocaperea–Caperea lineage may show long-term morphological stasis and, in turn, punctuated equilibrium. |
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Ancestor–descendant relationships in evolution: origin of the extant pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata |
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Ancestor–descendant relationships in evolution: origin of the extant pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata |
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Ancestor–descendant relationships in evolution: origin of the extant pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata |
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