Petrocephalus of Odzala offer insights into evolutionary patterns of signal diversification in the Mormyridae, a family of weakly electrogenic fishes from Africa

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 102, Issue 4-6, 2008, Pages 322-339

  Lavoué, Sébastien ^a,b   Arnegard, Matthew E ^a,c   Sullivan, John P ^a   Hopkins, Carl D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electric organ anatomy; Electrosensory modality; Petrocephalus; Sexual signal evolution; Species marker; Type NPp electrocytes

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PETROCEPHALUS; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFRICA; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58249137747     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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