Assessing morphological differences in an adaptive trait: A landmark-based morphometric approach

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 289, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 385-403

  Albertson, R Craig ^a   Kocher, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; LAKE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; JAW; MALE; PERCHES; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

CICHLIDAE; LABEOTROPHEUS; LABEOTROPHEUS FUELLEBORNI; METRIACLIMA; METRIACLIMA ZEBRA; PISCES;

EID: 0035337143     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1020     Document Type: Article

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