Co-evolution of the premaxilla and jaw protrusion in cichlid fishes (Heroine: Cichlidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 619-629

  hulsey, C Darrin ^a   Hollingsworth, Phillip R ^a   Holzman, Roi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Ecomorphology; Feeding; Prey capture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CICHLID; COEVOLUTION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; PHYLOGENETICS; PREY CAPTURE;

CICHLIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954380806     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01468.x     Document Type: Article

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