A rich diversity of opercle bone shape among teleost fishes.
The opercle is a prominent craniofacial bone supporting the gill cover in all bony fish and has been the subject of morphological, developmental, and genetic investigation. We surveyed the shapes of this bone among 110 families spanning the teleost tree and examined its pattern of occupancy in a pri...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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| Serier: | PLoS ONE |
| Online adgang: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5744915?pdf=render |