The spotted gar genome and bowfin transcriptomic evidence support gars plus bowfin as a living clade sister to teleosts and provide a pre-teleost-duplication genomic reference.
Represented range0–0 Ma
RegionsExtant comparative genome and transcriptome sample
A 25-vertebrate phylogenomic matrix, bowfin transcriptomic evidence and conserved-synteny comparisons support living gars plus bowfin as Holostei, sister to Teleostei, while the spotted-gar genome supplies a lineage that diverged before teleost genome duplication rather than evidence of morphological stasis.