In search of the whales' sisters

Zhexi Luo ()
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Zhexi Luo: Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Nature, 2000, vol. 404, issue 6775, 237-239

Abstract: The cetaceans — dolphins, porpoises and whales — are aquatic mammals that returned to the sea. A long-standing puzzle is which other mammals are their closest relatives, for molecular and morphological approaches to the question give conflicting answers. A study that includes analysis of ancient ‘divergent’ fossil groups shows that such groups may contain much information to help resolve the puzzle.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35005194

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