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Lateralized scale-eating behaviour of cichlid is acquired by learning to use the naturally stronger side

The scale-eating cichlid Perissodus microlepis exhibits significant lateralised predation behaviour using an asymmetric mouth. But how the acquisition of the behavioural laterality depends, if at all, on experience during development remains obscure. Here, naïve juveniles were tested in a series of...

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Autores principales: Takeuchi, Yuichi, Oda, Yoichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28827740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09342-7