Functional changes in the anatomy of the pharyngeal jaw apparatus of Astatoreochromis alluaudi (Pisces, Cichlidae), and their effects on adjacent structures

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-409

  Smits, J D ^a   Witte, F ^a   Van Veen, F G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epiphenomenon; Phenotypic plasticity; Spatial constraints; Trade off; Transformation morphology

Indexed keywords

ASTATOREOCHROMIS ALLUAUDI;

EID: 0030461094     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb01473.x     Document Type: Article

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