Color patterns in fish larvae may reveal relationships among species
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 25 July, 2013
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Similarities in how different organisms look can indicate a close evolutionary relationship. Conversely, great differences in appearance can suggest a very distant relationship, as in many adult marine fish species. For the first time, however, a scientist has found that color patterns of different fish species in the larval stage can be very similar, revealing a closer evolutionary relationship than their adult forms would suggest....