Evolution of seahorses' upright posture was linked to Oligocene expansion of seagrass habitats

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-523

  Teske, Peter R ^a   Beheregaray, Luciano B ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Evolutionary link; Idiotropiscis; Nuclear DNA phylogeny; Pygmy pipehorse; Relaxed molecular clock

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; PHYLOGENY; POSTURE; SEAGRASS; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BODY POSTURE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GENE LOCUS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORSE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAGRASS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; STANDING; SWIMMING; SYNGNATHIDAE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TELEOST;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); SYNGNATHIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 67749120440     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0152     Document Type: Article

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