Evo-devo in African cichlid fish (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Evo-devo in African cichlid fish

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For these experiments, Hu and Albertson consider the fish skull not simply as a collection of bones, ligaments and muscle, but as a dynamic mechanical device capable of a complex range of movements. Preparation of a cichlid craniofacial skeleton in the ventral view. The bone is stained red and cartilage blue.

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R. Craig Albertson

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