Hagfish and lampreys are the only surviving fish without jaws. And they could solve an evolutionary mystery, finds Henry Nicholls.
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Nicholls, H. Evolution: Mouth to mouth. Nature 461, 164–166 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461164a
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