Imperfect morphological convergence: Variable changes in cranial structures underlie transitions to durophagy in moray eels

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Collar, David C ^a   Reece, Joshua S ^b   Alfaro, Michael E ^c   Wainwright, Peter C ^a   Mehta, Rita S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Functional morphology; Many to one mapping; Muraenidae; Phylogenetic comparative methods

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONVERGENCE; CRANIUM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; EEL; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EELS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

EID: 84900402621     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675810     Document Type: Article

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