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SUBMITTER: Tsai CH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4321153 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsai Cheng-Hsiu CH Fordyce R Ewan RE
Biology letters 20150101 1
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 marginat ...[more]