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A rich diversity of opercle bone shape among teleost fishes

The opercle is a prominent craniofacial bone supporting the gill cover in all bony fish and has been the subject of morphological, developmental, and genetic investigation. We surveyed the shapes of this bone among 110 families spanning the teleost tree and examined its pattern of occupancy in a pri...

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Autores principales: Kimmel, Charles B., Small, Clayton M., Knope, Matthew L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5744915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29281662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188888