Evolution of feeding specialization in Tanganyikan scale-eating cichlids: a molecular phylogenetic approach

BACKGROUND: Cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika exhibit remarkable diversity in their feeding habits. Among them, seven species in the genus Perissodus are known for their unique feeding habit of scale eating with specialized feeding morphology and behaviour. Although the origin of the scale-eating ha...

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Autores principales: Takahashi, Rieko, Watanabe, Katsutoshi, Nishida, Mutsumi, Hori, Michio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2212659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17945014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-195

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2212659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17945014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-195

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