Meeting Abstract 46-1 Saturday, Jan. 5 08:00 – 08:15 Performance, not competition, shapes the major features of adaptive landscapes: evidence from repeated field experiments and hybrid fitness in pupfishes MARTIN, CH; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of California, Berkeley chmartin@unc.edu http://labs.bio.unc.edu/martin/ One of the most poorly understood evolutionary processes is the evolution of novelty. […]
sessions: Session 46
Feeding mode and prey type affect cranial mobility in coral reef fishes
Meeting Abstract 46-5 Saturday, Jan. 5 09:00 – 09:15 Feeding mode and prey type affect cranial mobility in coral reef fishes CORN, KA*; MARTINEZ, CM; WAINWRIGHT, PC; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of California, Davis kacorn@ucdavis.edu Skull mobility, including the iconic ability to protrude the upper jaw, is a classic feature of teleost […]
Evolutionary history versus dietary niche as factors shaping pharyngeal jaw structure in cyprinid fishes
Meeting Abstract 46-3 Saturday, Jan. 5 08:30 – 08:45 Evolutionary history versus dietary niche as factors shaping pharyngeal jaw structure in cyprinid fishes POS, KM*; KOLMANN, MA; GAO, TR; GIDMARK, NJ; Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell; George Washington University; University of Chicago; Knox College kelsie_pos@student.uml.edu Anatomy is the product of both evolutionary history and environmental pressures. The family […]
