Sexual dimorphism in the feeding mechanism of threespine stickleback

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 835-840

  McGee, Matthew D ^a   Wainwright, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; Jaw protrusion; Suction feeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYOID BONE; JAW; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL; SMEGMAMORPHA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HYOID BONE; JAW; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; SMEGMAMORPHA; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84874149658     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.074948     Document Type: Article

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