Bioindicator species are increasingly valuable in environmental pollution monitoring, and
elasmobranch species include many suitable candidates for that role. By measuring …

Electroreception in marine fishes occurs across a variety of taxa and is best understood in
the chondrichthyans (sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras). Here, we present an up‐to‐date …

Over the past 4 decades there has been a growing concern for the conservation status of
elasmobranchs (sharks and rays). In 2002, the first elasmobranch species were added to …

Cancer is among the most common causes of death for dogs (and cats) and humans in the
developed world, even though it is uncommon in wildlife and other domestic animals. We …

The regressive evolution of independent lineages often results in convergent phenotypes.
Several teleost groups display secondary loss of the stomach, and four gastric genes, atp4a …

Sharks occupy diverse ecological niches and play critical roles in marine ecosystems, often
acting as apex predators. They are considered a slow-evolving lineage and have been …

Genomic studies of vertebrate chromosome evolution have long been hindered by the
scarcity of chromosome-scale DNA sequences of some key taxa. One of those limiting taxa …

Cartilaginous fishes (chondrichthyans: chimeras and elasmobranchs-sharks, skates, and
rays) hold a key phylogenetic position to explore the origin and diversifications of jawed …

Despite increasing threats of extinction to Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays), whole genome-
based conservation insights are lacking. Here, we present chromosome-level genome …

The antigen binding variable domain (VNAR) of the shark immunoglobulin new antigen
receptor (IgNAR) evolved approximately 500 million years ago and it is one of the smallest …