Geometric morphometrics applied to viscerocranial bones in three populations of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish Tropheus moorii

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-248

  Postl, L ^a   Herler, J ^a,c   Bauer, C ^a   Maderbacher, M ^a   Makasa, L ^b   Sturmbauer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Osteology; Stabilizing selection; Tropheus moorii

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BONE; CICHLID; CRANIUM; DENTITION; HABITAT TYPE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; OSTEOLOGY; SELECTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; TROPHEUS MOORII;

EID: 46749087925     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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