Jaw laterality and related handedness in the hunting behavior of a scale-eating characin, Exodon paradoxus.

BACKGROUND: Asymmetry in animal bodies and behavior has evolved several times, but our knowledge of their linkage is limited. Tanganyikan scale-eating cichlids have well-known antisymmetry in their bodies and behavior; individuals open their mouths leftward (righty) or rightward (lefty), and rightie...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Hata, Masaki Yasugi, Michio Hori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3247259?pdf=render