Evolutionary convergence of body shape and trophic morphology in cichlids from Lake Tanganyika

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 325-332

  Ruber L ^a,b,d   Adams, D C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Comparative method; Ecomorphology; Eretmodini; Geometric morphometrics; Phylogenetic regression; Thin plate spline

Indexed keywords

BODY BUILD; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LAKE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STATUS;

BODY SHAPE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FEEDING MECHANISM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0035058634     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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