Abstract
When one attempts to look at the overall picture of vertebrate evolution, it soon becomes evident that the genetic foundation which assure the eventual emergence of mammals and of man was laid at the very beginning; i.e., at the stage of fish. For example, most relevant information on the origin of hemoglobin genes as well as immunoglobulin genes are found neither in reptiles nor in amphibians but in cycloston and elasmobranchs. This is the very reason that fish as a group constitutes the most fascinating subject for the student of vertebrate evolution.
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Ohno, S. (1973). Fish and Nature’s Extensive Experiments with Gene Duplication. In: Schröder, J.H. (eds) Genetics and Mutagenesis of Fish. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65700-9_21
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