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The biology of Latimeria chalumnae and evolution of coelacanths

Part of the book series: Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes (DEBF, volume 12)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-8
  2. Prelude: the mystery of a persistent life form

  3. Introduction: the recent chronology and contributions

    1. Introduction: the recent chronology and contributions

      • J. A. Musick, M. N. Bruton, E. K. Balon
      Pages 15-20
  4. Systematics and evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-22
    2. Diversity of Extinct and Living Actinistian Fishes (Sarcopterygii)

      • Richard Cloutier, Peter L. Forey
      Pages 59-74
    3. Latimeria chalumnae and its pedigree

      • Peter L. Forey
      Pages 75-98
    4. A phylogenetic analysis of the 18S ribosomal RNA sequence of the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae

      • David W. Stock, Kirk D. Moberg, Linda R. Maxson, Gregory S. Whitt
      Pages 99-118
    5. Central nervous system myelin proteins of the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae: phylogenetic implications

      • Thomas V. Waehneldt, Joachim Malotka, Gunnar Jeserich, Jean-Marie Matthieu
      Pages 131-143
  5. Morphology and physiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-146
    2. Innervation of the basicranial muscle of Latimeria chalumnae

      • William E. Bemis, R. Glenn Northcutt
      Pages 147-158

Reviews

...this book may well rank as the most important contribution to coelacanth biology ever published.
Copeia
' By delivering this message as its bottom line, this book may well rank as the most important contribution to coelacanth biology ever published. ' Copeia 3 1992

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