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The evolutionary relationships of six sharks were investigated by comparing their transferrins using the micro-complement fixation method. The immunological distances observed were used to build a tree that confirms that the squaloid and galeoid species examined belong to two separate groups and thatHeterodontus, a genus of hitherto uncertain position, belongs with the galeoids. The divergence time estimated from the transferrin comparisons is roughly 240±65 million years betweenHeterodontus and galeoids.
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Abbreviations
- Myr:
-
million years
- MCF:
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micro-complement fixation
- CM:
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carboxymethyl
- DEAE:
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diethylaminoethyl
- PAGE:
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polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- IEF:
-
isoelectric focusing
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Davies, D.H., Lowson, R., Burch, S.J. et al. Evolutionary relationships of a “Primitive” shark (Heterodontus) assessed by micro-complement fixation of serum transferrin. J Mol Evol 25, 74–80 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02100043
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