Genes, morphology, performance, and fitness: quantifying organismal performance to understand adaptive evolution

DG Matthews, TR Dial, GV Lauder - Integrative and Comparative …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
To understand the complexities of morphological evolution, we must understand the
relationships between genes, morphology, performance, and fitness in complex traits …

Craniofacial diversity across Danionins and the effects of TH status on craniofacial morphology of two Danio species

SV Nguyen, RS Lee, E Mohlmann, G Petrullo, J Blythe… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The model zebrafish (Danio rerio) belongs to the Danioninae subfamily with a range of
informative phenotypes. However, the craniofacial diversity across the subfamily is not fully …

Craniofacial Development of Zebrafish and Other Danioninae, and the Roles of Thyroid Hormone in Shaping the Skull

SV Nguyen - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Proper bone development requires coordination and timing of specific morphogenetic
events, and relative shifts in these temporal processes can change morphology. Thyroid …

The Fish Bites Back: A Developmental Analysis of Feeding Biomechanics in Danionin Minnows

C Shinkle - 2024 - cedar.wwu.edu
Ecological roles are often closely related to the food organisms consume, and investigating
the developmental control of feeding apparatus morphology and biomechanics contributes …