Reduction in muscle fibre number during the adaptive radiation of notothenioid fishes: A phylogenetic perspective

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2595-2609

  Johnston, Ian A ^a   Fernández, Daniel A ^a,e   Calvo, Jorge ^b   Vieira, Vera L A ^a   North, Anthony W ^c   Abercromby, Marguerite ^a   Garland Jr , Theodore ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic teleosts; Growth; Muscle fibre recruitment; Notothenioid fishes; Phylogeny; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY CONSTITUTION; DNA PRIMERS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE FIBERS; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; RNA;

CHAENOCEPHALUS ACERATUS; CHAMPSOCEPHALUS ESOX; CHANNICHTHYIDAE; ELEGINOPS MACLOVINUS; ESOX; HARPAGIFERIDAE; NOTOTHENIOIDEI; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; TELEOST FISH; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0041926620     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00474     Document Type: Review

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