Divergence in larval jaw gene expression reflects differential trophic adaptation in haplochromine cichlids prior to foraging
Abstract Background Understanding how variation in gene expression contributes to morphological diversity is a major goal in evolutionary biology. Cichlid fishes from the East African Great lakes exhibit striking diversity in trophic adaptations predicated on the functional modularity of their two s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-07-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1483-3 |