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The origin of higher clades : osteology, myology, phylogeny and evolution of bony fishes and the rise of tetrapods

Rui Diogo
This is an analysis of osteichthyan higher-level relationships based on phylogenetic comparison of 356 characters in 80 extant and fossil terminal taxa representing various groups of Osteichthyes
eBook, English, ©2007
Science Publishers, Enfield, NH, ©2007
1 online resource (xviii, 367 pages) : illustrations (some color)
9781578085590, 9781439843352, 1578085594, 143984335X
680560456
Methodology and material
Phylogenetic analysis
Cladistic analysis, diagnosis for clades obtained, and comparison with previous hypotheses
Brief summary of the phylogenetic results obtained in the cladistic analysis
Comparative anatomy, homologies, and evolution of osteichthyan cranial muscles
Cranial muscles, zebrafish, and evolutionary developmental biology
Comparative anatomy, homologies, and evolution of osteichthyan pectoral muscles
Origin, homologies, and evolution of the Weberian apparatus
Myological versus osteological characters in phylogenetic reconstructions : a new insight
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010