Molecular phylogenetics of gnathostomous (jawed) fishes: old bones, new cartilage

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Arnason, U [1 ]
Gullberg, A [1 ]
Janke, A [1 ]
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[1] Lund Univ, Dept Genet, Div Evolut Mol Systemat, S-22362 Lund, Sweden
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10.1046/j.1463-6409.2001.00067.x
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Q [生物科学];
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Cartilaginous fishes (chondrichthyans) have traditionally been taken as an early offshoot among jawed vertebrates. To examine some crucial chondrichthyan relationships, we have sequenced the mitochondrial genomes of the holocephalan Chimaera monstrosa (ratfish) and the basal galeomorph species Heterodontus francisci (horn shark) and analysed them together with the corresponding data set of several other chondrichthyans, teleosts, the coelacanth, the African lungfish and the bichir. The rooting point of the tree was established using unequivocal outgroups, the sea lamprey , the sea lancelet or echinoderms. The phylogenetic analyses identified monophyletic Chondrichthyes in a terminal position in the piscine tree, lending no support to the traditionally accepted basal position of cartilaginous fishes among extant gnathostomes. The findings suggest that the cartilage characterizing extant chondrichthyans is a retention of an embryonic condition, thus representing a derived rather than a primitive phylogenetic and developmental stage. Similarly, the analyses suggest that the open gill slits of neoselachians (sharks and rays) constitute a derived state compared to the operculum (gill cover) characterizing bony fishes and holocephalans. The analyses did not support the so-called Squalea/Galea hypothesis which posits that batomorphs (sharks, rays) have arisen from recent selachians (sharks). Inconsistent with the common understanding of piscine and gnathostome evolution, the two taxa having lungs, the African lungfish and the bichir, had a basal position in the piscine tree. The findings put into question the phylogenetic validity of the taxonomic nomenclature attributed to various vertebrate, notably piscine, clades.
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