Evolution of opercle bone shape along a macrohabitat gradient: species identification using mt DNA and geometric morphometric analyses in neotropical sea catfishes (Ariidae)
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Evolution of opercle bone shape along a macrohabitat gradient: species identification using mtDNA and geometric morphometric analyses in neotropical sea catfishes (Ariidae)
Transitions between the marine and freshwater macrohabitat have occurred repeatedly in the evolution of teleost fishes. For example, ariid catfishes have moved from freshwater to marine environments, and vice versa. Opercles, a skeletal feature that has been shown to change during such transitions, were subjected to 2D geometric morphometric analyses in order to investigate evolutionary shape c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology and Evolution
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2045-7758,2045-7758
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2334