Background The facial musculature is a remarkable anatomical complex involved in vital
activities of fishes, such as food capture and gill ventilation. The evolution of the facial …

Background Sturgeons belong to an early‐branching lineage often used as a proxy of
ancestor‐like traits of ray‐finned fishes. However, many features of this lineage, such as the …

The lateral line system enables all fishes and aquatic-stage amphibians to detect local water
movement via mechanosensory hair cells in neuromasts, and many species to detect weak …

Extant members of Acipenseridae are generally classified in four genera: Scaphirhynchus,
Pseudoscaphirhynchus, Huso and “Acipenser,” which is widely recognized to be …

Acipenseriformes (Actinopterygii) are commonly recognized as a sister group of Neopterygii.
They represent the basal-most taxa of extant ray-finned fishes, along with Polypterus …

Heterochronic shifts are regarded one of the major evolutionary changes acting on
developmental modules and underlying the origin of morphological disparity. Conserved …

Acta Zoologica has played a key role as a publishing outlet for advancing zoological
knowledge since its foundation in 1920 by Nils Holmgren. With the journal celebrating its …

Dentice je zásadní inovací obratlovců vykazující jak ohromnou morfologickou diverzitu, tak i
rozdílné udržování či nahrazování funkčních zubů. Většina dnešních obratlovců nahrazuje …

Осетрообразные (Acipenseriformes, Actinopterygii) рассматриваются в качестве
сестринского таксона по отношению к Neopterygii и наряду с Polypterus …