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Origin and Diversification of Acipenseriforms

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The review addresses the history and current state of ideas about the phylogenetic relationships and the evolutionary history of Acipenseriformes and outlines the main results of the studies on the key aspects of their development and morphology. On this basis, the hypothesis of paedomorphosis as a systemic mechanism underlying not only the formation of the unique structural type of the sturgeon skull, but also playing an essential role in the further morphological diversification of the group is formulated.

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  1. Spiraculati, according to Pallas, 1811.

  2. Teleostei. Author’s note.

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Tsessarsky, A.A. Origin and Diversification of Acipenseriforms. J. Ichthyol. 62, 1361–1380 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945222060297

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