The document discusses the significance of the 4R genome duplication in salmonine fishes and its implications for vertebrate evolution. It explores the role of conserved non-coding elements (CNEs) as tools for understanding polyploidy, presenting hypotheses about the phylogenetic relationships among salmonids. The findings suggest potential evolutionary timelines and unresolved phylogenetic relationships within the salmoninae subfamily, highlighting the utility of CNEs in studying whole genome duplications.