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author = {David Collar and Peter C Wainwright and Michael E Alfaro and Liam Revell and Rita S Mehta},
title = {Biting disrupts integration to spur skull evolution in eels},
year = {2014},
keywords = {Anguilliformes, Elopomorpha, evolutionary correlation, functional integration, prey capture, suction feeding},
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journal = {Nature Communications},
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abstract = {The demand that anatomical structures work together to perform biological functions is thought to impose strong limits on morphological evolution. Breakthroughs in diversification can occur, however, when functional integration among structures is relaxed. Although such transitions are expected to generate variation in morphological diversification across the tree of life, empirical tests of this hypothesis are rare. Here, we show that transitions between suction-based and biting modes of prey capture, which require different degrees of coordination among skull components, are associated with shifts in the pattern of skull diversification in eels (Anguilliformes). Biting eels have experienced greater independence of the jaws, hyoid, and operculum during evolution and exhibit more varied morphologies than closely related suction feeders, and this pattern reflects the weakened functional integration among skull components required for biting. Our results suggest that behavioral transitions can change the evolutionary potential of the vertebrate skeleton by altering functional relationships among structures.}
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Citation for Study 16413
Citation title:
"Biting disrupts integration to spur skull evolution in eels".
Study name:
"Biting disrupts integration to spur skull evolution in eels".
This study is part of submission 16413
(Status: Published).
Citation
Collar D., Wainwright P.C., Alfaro M.E., Revell L., & Mehta R.S. 2014. Biting disrupts integration to spur skull evolution in eels. Nature Communications, .
Authors
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Collar D.
(submitter)
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Wainwright P.C.
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Alfaro M.E.
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Revell L.
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Mehta R.S.
Abstract
The demand that anatomical structures work together to perform biological functions is thought to impose strong limits on morphological evolution. Breakthroughs in diversification can occur, however, when functional integration among structures is relaxed. Although such transitions are expected to generate variation in morphological diversification across the tree of life, empirical tests of this hypothesis are rare. Here, we show that transitions between suction-based and biting modes of prey capture, which require different degrees of coordination among skull components, are associated with shifts in the pattern of skull diversification in eels (Anguilliformes). Biting eels have experienced greater independence of the jaws, hyoid, and operculum during evolution and exhibit more varied morphologies than closely related suction feeders, and this pattern reflects the weakened functional integration among skull components required for biting. Our results suggest that behavioral transitions can change the evolutionary potential of the vertebrate skeleton by altering functional relationships among structures.
Keywords
Anguilliformes, Elopomorpha, evolutionary correlation, functional integration, prey capture, suction feeding
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@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref23693,
author = {David Collar and Peter C Wainwright and Michael E Alfaro and Liam Revell and Rita S Mehta},
title = {Biting disrupts integration to spur skull evolution in eels},
year = {2014},
keywords = {Anguilliformes, Elopomorpha, evolutionary correlation, functional integration, prey capture, suction feeding},
doi = {},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {Nature Communications},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
abstract = {The demand that anatomical structures work together to perform biological functions is thought to impose strong limits on morphological evolution. Breakthroughs in diversification can occur, however, when functional integration among structures is relaxed. Although such transitions are expected to generate variation in morphological diversification across the tree of life, empirical tests of this hypothesis are rare. Here, we show that transitions between suction-based and biting modes of prey capture, which require different degrees of coordination among skull components, are associated with shifts in the pattern of skull diversification in eels (Anguilliformes). Biting eels have experienced greater independence of the jaws, hyoid, and operculum during evolution and exhibit more varied morphologies than closely related suction feeders, and this pattern reflects the weakened functional integration among skull components required for biting. Our results suggest that behavioral transitions can change the evolutionary potential of the vertebrate skeleton by altering functional relationships among structures.}
}
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TY - JOUR
ID - 23693
AU - Collar,David
AU - Wainwright,Peter C
AU - Alfaro,Michael E
AU - Revell,Liam
AU - Mehta,Rita S
T1 - Biting disrupts integration to spur skull evolution in eels
PY - 2014
KW - Anguilliformes
KW - Elopomorpha
KW - evolutionary correlation
KW - functional integration
KW - prey capture
KW - suction feeding
UR - http://dx.doi.org/
N2 - The demand that anatomical structures work together to perform biological functions is thought to impose strong limits on morphological evolution. Breakthroughs in diversification can occur, however, when functional integration among structures is relaxed. Although such transitions are expected to generate variation in morphological diversification across the tree of life, empirical tests of this hypothesis are rare. Here, we show that transitions between suction-based and biting modes of prey capture, which require different degrees of coordination among skull components, are associated with shifts in the pattern of skull diversification in eels (Anguilliformes). Biting eels have experienced greater independence of the jaws, hyoid, and operculum during evolution and exhibit more varied morphologies than closely related suction feeders, and this pattern reflects the weakened functional integration among skull components required for biting. Our results suggest that behavioral transitions can change the evolutionary potential of the vertebrate skeleton by altering functional relationships among structures.
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