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Bruno Francelino de Melo

Universidade Federal de São CarlosORCID 0000-0002-0499-567XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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The largest radiations of freshwater fishes initiated at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

Chase Brownstein, Bruno Francelino de Melo, Claudio F Oliveira, Thomas J. Near

This paper shows that the major freshwater fish clade Ostariophysi diversified rapidly after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, with two freshwater invasions and rapid origination of major clades within five million years.

bioRxiv · Aug 28, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology