Macroevolutionary analyses indicate that repeated adaptive shifts towards predatory diets affect functional diversity in Neotropical cichlids
Jessica H. Arbour,Jessica H. Arbour,Carmen G. Montaña,Kirk O. Winemiller,Allison A. Pease,Miriam Soria-Barreto,Jennifer L. Cochran-Biederman,Hernán López-Fernández,Hernán López-Fernández +8 more
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This paper presents a meta-analyses of the response of the immune system to the presence of carbon dioxide in the air of Mexico over a period of 40 years.Abstract:
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Wilcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B2 2Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA, 37132 3Department of Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75964, USA 4Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2258 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-2258, USA 5Department of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2125, USA 6Departamento de Conservación de la Biodiversidad, CONACYT El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, 29290, Mexico 7Centro de Investigación de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Autónoma del Carmen, Ciudad del Carmen, 24155, Campeche, Mexico 8Biology Department, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987, USA 9Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6read more
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Phylogenomics of Piranhas and Pacus (Serrasalmidae) Uncovers How Dietary Convergence and Parallelism Obfuscate Traditional Morphological Taxonomy.
Matthew A. Kolmann,Matthew A. Kolmann,Lily C. Hughes,Lily C. Hughes,L P Hernandez,Dahiana Arcila,Ricardo Betancur-R.,Mark H. Sabaj,Hernán López-Fernández,Guillermo Ortí,Guillermo Ortí +10 more
TL;DR: The relationships among all serrasalmid genera are clarified, new subfamily affiliations are proposed, and reliance on traits like teeth to distinguish among genera is confounded by ecological homoplasy, especially among herbivorous and omnivorous taxa.
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Decoupled jaws promote trophic diversity in cichlid fishes.
TL;DR: Although decoupling of prey capture and processing functions released constraints on jaw evolution and promoted trophic diversity in cichlids, the natural diversity of consumed prey has also induced a moderate degree of evolutionary integration between the jaw systems, reminiscent of the original mechanical trade‐off between force and mobility.
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Insectivory leads to functional convergence in a group of Neotropical rodents.
Rafaela Velloso Missagia,Bruce D. Patterson,Dallas Krentzel,Dallas Krentzel,Fernando A. Perini +4 more
TL;DR: The mechanical advantages of the mandible of akodontine rodents are quantified to be convergent on insectivorous species, and associated with the estimated bite force, with higher mechanical advantages in species with a stronger bite and short, robust mandibles and lower mechanical advantage in insectivory species with weaker bites and more elongated, dorso‐ventrally compressed mandibles.
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Evolution, inactivation and loss of short wavelength-sensitive opsin genes during the diversification of Neotropical cichlids.
Frances E. Hauser,Katriina L. Ilves,Ryan K. Schott,Ryan K. Schott,Erin Alvi,Hernán López-Fernández,Hernán López-Fernández,Hernán López-Fernández,Belinda S. W. Chang +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used cross-species exon capture to sequence Neotropical cichlid short wavelength-sensitive (SWS) opsins, which mediate ultraviolet (UV) to blue visual sensitivity.
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