Lung evolution in vertebrates and the water-to-land transition
C. Cupello, T. Hirasawa, N. Tatsumi, Y. Yabumoto, P. Gueriau, S. Isogai, R. Matsumoto, T. Saruwatari, A. King, M. Hoshino, K. Uesugi, M. Okabe, P. M. Brito
This study investigates lung morphology in living lunged osteichthyans to determine the ancestral state of vertebrate lungs as unpaired, evolving to paired lungs in tetrapod lineages.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2022Evolutionary Biology