African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12481

Review

Is there any phylogenetic relationship between teleosts and the elasmobranchs?

MÄ°NE Dosay-Akbulut
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversity, Veterinary  Faculty, Medical Biology and Genetics Department, AFYON/TURKEY
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 03 January 2006
  •  Published: 16 February 2006

Abstract

There is still disagreement with regard to identifying the sister group of the tetrapods? Different hypotheses were suggested for this relationship. The aim of this article was to present and summarize some of these studies, which were based on the possible phylogenetic relationship between Chondrichtyes and land vertebrates (tetrapods).

 

Key words: Phylogenetic, relationship, Chondrichthyes and tetrapods.