Morphology of a picky eater: A novel mechanism underlies premaxillary protrusion and retraction within cyprinodontiforms

Zoology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 442-454

  Hernandez, L Patricia ^a   Ferry Graham, Lara A ^b   Gibb, Alice C ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adductor mandibulae; Cyprinodontiformes; Feeding mechanism; Poeciliidae; Premaxilla

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; LIGAMENT; MAXILLA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIGAMENTS; MAXILLA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY;

ATHERINOMORPHA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; FUNDULIDAE; FUNDULUS; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; PISCES; POECILIA; POECILIIDAE; TELEOSTEI; XIPHOPHORUS;

EID: 50149100334     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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