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On the measurement of ecological novelty: scale-eating pupfish are separated by 168 my from other scale-eating fishes. [PDF]
, 2013 The colonization of new adaptive zones is widely recognized as one of the hallmarks of adaptive radiation. However, the adoption of novel resources during this process is rarely distinguished from phenotypic change because morphology is a common proxy ...
Martin, Christopher, Wainwright, Peter
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Hybrid Breakdown in Cichlid Fish
PLOS ONE, 2015 Studies from a wide diversity of taxa have shown a negative relationship between genetic compatibility and the divergence time of hybridizing genomes. Theory predicts the main breakdown of fitness to happen after the F1 hybrid generation, when heterosis subsides and recessive allelic (Dobzhansky-Muller) incompatibilities are increasingly unmasked.
Stelkens, Rike Bahati +2 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionMale-male competition and female-female competition can play important roles in the origin and maintenance of phenotypic polymorphism and speciation. If territory owners bias aggression towards others of their own phenotype, rare male phenotypes will be ...
Peter D. Dijkstra +4 more
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Within-guild dietary discrimination from 3-D textural analysis of tooth microwear in insectivorous mammals [PDF]
, 2013 Resource exploitation and competition for food are important selective pressures in animal evolution. A number of recent investigations have focused on linkages between diversification, trophic morphology and diet in bats, partly because their roosting ...
Crumpton, Nicholas +4 more
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Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2011 This study evaluated the apparent protein and energy digestibility of common feed ingredients (soybean meal, fish meal, wheat meal and corn) by juvenile oscars using two different sampling intervals (30 min. and 12h).
Thiago Matias Torres do Nascimento +4 more
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Altering an extended phenotype reduces intraspecific male aggression and can maintain diversity in cichlid fish [PDF]
, 2013 Reduced male aggression towards different phenotypes generating negative frequency-dependent intrasexual selection has been suggested as a mechanism to facilitate the invasion and maintenance of novel phenotypes in a population.
Croft, Guy E. +2 more
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Individuality in Fish Behavior: Ecology and Comparative Psychology [PDF]
, 2002 This work is a brief review of a series of studies of the phenotypic organization and ecological significance of individual differences in fish behavior.
Budaev, Dr. Sergey, Zworykin, Dr. Dmitry
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The Influence of Body Size and Hemoglobin Multiplicity on Critical Oxygen Threshold in Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) [PDF]
, 2016 Hypoxia is common in marine environments and fishes use a suite of cardiorespiratory adjustments to defend aerobic metabolism, including reducing standard metabolic rate (SMR), the minimum metabolic rate needed to sustain life at a specified temperature,
Pan, Yihang
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Functional morphology of the pharyngeal teeth of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Many fish use a set of pharyngeal jaws in their throat to aid in prey capture and processing, particularly of large or complex prey. In this study—combining dissection, CT scanning, histology, and performance testing—we demonstrate a novel use of pharyngeal teeth in the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), a species for which pharyngeal jaw anatomy had ...
Benjamin Flaum +3 more
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Oxidative stress in the brain is regulated by social status in a highly social cichlid fish
Frontiers in Behavioral NeuroscienceSocial stress can increase reactive oxygen species and derail antioxidant function in the brain, which may contribute to the onset and progression of mental health disorders.
Peter D. Dijkstra +7 more
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