Coelacanth Retrocopies Provide Insights into Evolution of Coelacanth and Water to Land Transition  

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2016年第1期57-57,共1页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

摘　　要：Coelacanth follows the oldest known living lineage of Sarcopterygii(lobe-finned fish and tetrapods)and evolved into roughly its current form approximately 400 million years ago.It is the closest living species to tetrapods besides lungfish,providing a glimpse of the vertebrate evolution of'water to land'transition.During the'water to land'transition,Coelacanth follows the oldest known living lineage of Sarcopterygii（lobe-finned fish and tetrapods）and evolved into roughly its current form approximately 400 million years ago.It is the closest living species to tetrapods besides lungfish,providing a glimpse of the vertebrate evolution of＂water to land＂transition.During the＂water to land＂transition,

关 键 词：动物进化 腔棘鱼 陆地 水 四足动物 土地 鱼类 肺鱼 

分 类 号：Q951[生物学—动物学]