Functional versus morphological diversity in macroevolution

PC Wainwright - Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Studies of the evolution of phenotypic diversity have gained momentum among
neontologists interested in the uneven distribution of diversity across the tree of life. Potential …

Brain evolution by brain pathway duplication

M Chakraborty, ED Jarvis - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Understanding the mechanisms of evolution of brain pathways for complex behaviours is
still in its infancy. Making further advances requires a deeper understanding of brain …

[LIVRE][B] Coral reef fishes: dynamics and diversity in a complex ecosystem

PF Sale - 2002 - books.google.com
Coral Reef Fishes is the successor of The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. This new
edition includes provocative reviews covering the major areas of reef fish ecology. Concerns …

Do reefs drive diversification in marine teleosts? Evidence from the pufferfish and their allies (Order Tetraodontiformes)

ME Alfaro, F Santini, CD Brock - Evolution, 2007 - academic.oup.com
A major challenge in evolutionary biology lies in explaining patterns of high species
numbers found in biodiversity hot spots. Tropical coral reefs underlie most marine hot spots …

Form and function of damselfish skulls: rapid and repeated evolution into a limited number of trophic niches

WJ Cooper, MW Westneat - BMC evolutionary biology, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Background Damselfishes (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) are a major component of
coral reef communities, and the functional diversity of their trophic anatomy is an important …

Integrated approach to structure-based enzymatic drug design: molecular modeling, spectroscopy, and experimental bioactivity

B Honarparvar, T Govender, GEM Maguire… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Analysis of the literature involving computational modeling of diseases and drug design with
the aid of experimental spectroscopic techniques reveals that this specific combination of …

Connecting muscle development, birth defects, and evolution: An essential role for muscle connective tissue

EM Sefton, G Kardon - Current topics in developmental biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle powers all movement of the vertebrate body and is distributed in multiple
regions that have evolved distinct functions. Axial muscles are ancestral muscles essential …

The jaw adductor muscle complex in teleostean fishes: evolution, homologies and revised nomenclature (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii)

A Datovo, RP Vari - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The infraclass Teleostei is a highly diversified group of bony fishes that encompasses 96%
of all species of living fishes and almost half of extant vertebrates. Evolution of various …

Mandibular arch musculature of anuran tadpoles, with comments on homologies of amphibian jaw muscles

A Haas - Journal of Morphology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
This study analyzes the structure of the mandibular arch musculature in larval, metamorphic,
and postmetamorphic anurans of 26 species and makes comparisons with larvae of three …

A general model of functional constraints on phenotypic evolution

JA Walker - The American Naturalist, 2007 - journals.uchicago.edu
A general model of the functional constraints on the rate and direction of phenotypic
evolution is developed using a decomposition of the Lande-Arnold model of multivariate …