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A discussion of “The Lamprey’s Tale” in Richard Dawkins’ and Yan Wong’s book The Ancestor’s Tale. All pictures are from Google.
“Did changes in atmospheric CO2 coincide with latest Ordovician glacial–interglacial cycles?”: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003101821000115X?via%3Dihub
“Phylogeny, Biology, and Classification of Extant Holocephalans”: researchgate.net/profile/David-Ebert-7/publication/259294130_Phylogeny_Biology_and_Classification_of_Extant_Holocephalans/links/5661e9a108ae418a78693650/Phylogeny-Biology-and-Classification-of-Extant-Holocephalans.pdf
“Morphology and histology of dorsal spines of the xenacanthid shark Orthacanthus platypternus from the Lower Permian of Texas, USA: Palaeobiological and palaeoenvironmental implications”: bioone.org/journals/acta-palaeontologica-polonica/volume-61/issue-1/app.00126.2014/Morphology-and-Histology-of-Dorsal-Spines-of-the-Xenacanthid-Shark/10.4202/app.00126.2014.pdf
“The Spine-Brush Complex in Symmoriiform Sharks (Chondrichthyes; Symmoriiformes), with Comments on Dorsal Fin Modularity”: jstor.org/stable/pdf/20491065.pdf?casa_token=dEGKbbfLgDcAAAAA:crL25X1F2Nq4meoaQYoZ5vc6S4DWjoTS54axtvU6cN02nabtNgdGI_rv-gdgnjVFAHtDFrqRBz3Hbd2ewQ0bIy6MLQr1nonW_-wNn4KsiMqFl8OVlrk
“The Lava Lizard’s Tale”: youtu.be/fZTUbbNZffo
“A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the ‘megatoothed’ clade”: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2016.1236795
“Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis”: repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/32063
“Trunk neural crest origin of dermal denticles in a cartilaginous fish”: pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1713827114
“Trunk exoskeleton in teleosts is mesodermal in origin”: nature.com/articles/ncomms2643
“Structural and mechanical properties of fish scales for the bio-inspired design of flexible body armors: A review”: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S174270612030708X
“The ins and outs of the evolutionary origin of teeth”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ede.12099
“Fine structure of the horny teeth of the lamprey, Entosphenus japonicus”: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00215769
“A Silurian maxillate placoderm illuminates jaw evolution”: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aah3764
“The Leafy Sea Dragon’s Tale”: youtu.be/tBqWKsdczbs
“The nearshore cradle of early vertebrate diversification”: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aar3689
“The Evolution of the Spiracular Region From Jawless Fishes to Tetrapods”: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.887172/full
“The oldest three-dimensionally preserved vertebrate neurocranium”: nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06538-y
“The Ordovician Radiation: A Follow-up to the Cambrian Explosion?”: academic.oup.com/icb/article/43/1/178/604539
“Lasanius, an exceptionally preserved Silurian jawless fish from Scotland”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/pala.12643
“The Coelacanth’s Tale”: youtu.be/e3dcwqYnQ60
“A Median Third Eye: Pineal Gland Retraces Evolution of Vertebrate Photoreceptive Organs”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1562/2006-02-24-IR-813
“The Howler Monkey’s Tale”: youtu.be/mSefOxQ8EH8
“The rise of predation in Jurassic lampreys”: nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42251-0
“Deeply conserved synteny resolves early events in vertebrate evolution”: nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1156-z
“Evolution of Hemoglobin and Its Genes”: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543078
“Gene cooption and convergent evolution of oxygen transport hemoglobins in jawed and jawless vertebrates”: pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1006756107
A discussion of “The Lamprey’s Tale” in Richard Dawkins’ and Yan Wong’s book The Ancestor’s Tale. All pictures are from Google.
“Did changes in atmospheric CO2 coincide with latest Ordovician glacial–interglacial cycles?”: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003101821000115X?via%3Dihub
“Phylogeny, Biology, and Classification of Extant Holocephalans”: researchgate.net/profile/David-Ebert-7/publication/259294130_Phylogeny_Biology_and_Classification_of_Extant_Holocephalans/links/5661e9a108ae418a78693650/Phylogeny-Biology-and-Classification-of-Extant-Holocephalans.pdf
“Morphology and histology of dorsal spines of the xenacanthid shark Orthacanthus platypternus from the Lower Permian of Texas, USA: Palaeobiological and palaeoenvironmental implications”: bioone.org/journals/acta-palaeontologica-polonica/volume-61/issue-1/app.00126.2014/Morphology-and-Histology-of-Dorsal-Spines-of-the-Xenacanthid-Shark/10.4202/app.00126.2014.pdf
“The Spine-Brush Complex in Symmoriiform Sharks (Chondrichthyes; Symmoriiformes), with Comments on Dorsal Fin Modularity”: jstor.org/stable/pdf/20491065.pdf?casa_token=dEGKbbfLgDcAAAAA:crL25X1F2Nq4meoaQYoZ5vc6S4DWjoTS54axtvU6cN02nabtNgdGI_rv-gdgnjVFAHtDFrqRBz3Hbd2ewQ0bIy6MLQr1nonW_-wNn4KsiMqFl8OVlrk
“The Lava Lizard’s Tale”: youtu.be/fZTUbbNZffo
“A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the ‘megatoothed’ clade”: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2016.1236795
“Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis”: repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/32063
“Trunk neural crest origin of dermal denticles in a cartilaginous fish”: pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1713827114
“Trunk exoskeleton in teleosts is mesodermal in origin”: nature.com/articles/ncomms2643
“Structural and mechanical properties of fish scales for the bio-inspired design of flexible body armors: A review”: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S174270612030708X
“The ins and outs of the evolutionary origin of teeth”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ede.12099
“Fine structure of the horny teeth of the lamprey, Entosphenus japonicus”: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00215769
“A Silurian maxillate placoderm illuminates jaw evolution”: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aah3764
“The Leafy Sea Dragon’s Tale”: youtu.be/tBqWKsdczbs
“The nearshore cradle of early vertebrate diversification”: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aar3689
“The Evolution of the Spiracular Region From Jawless Fishes to Tetrapods”: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.887172/full
“The oldest three-dimensionally preserved vertebrate neurocranium”: nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06538-y
“The Ordovician Radiation: A Follow-up to the Cambrian Explosion?”: academic.oup.com/icb/article/43/1/178/604539
“Lasanius, an exceptionally preserved Silurian jawless fish from Scotland”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/pala.12643
“The Coelacanth’s Tale”: youtu.be/e3dcwqYnQ60
“A Median Third Eye: Pineal Gland Retraces Evolution of Vertebrate Photoreceptive Organs”: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1562/2006-02-24-IR-813
“The Howler Monkey’s Tale”: youtu.be/mSefOxQ8EH8
“The rise of predation in Jurassic lampreys”: nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42251-0
“Deeply conserved synteny resolves early events in vertebrate evolution”: nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1156-z
“Evolution of Hemoglobin and Its Genes”: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543078
“Gene cooption and convergent evolution of oxygen transport hemoglobins in jawed and jawless vertebrates”: pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1006756107
