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Coelacanth

Coelacanth genome surfaces: Unexpected insights to an ancient-looking fish

An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of the African coelacanth -- a giant, ancient fish thought to have gone extinct around the time of the dinosaurs but discovered a few decades ago off the coast of Africa. Their research reveals insights into how some vertebrates adapted to life on land, while others remained creatures of the sea.