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Integration between swim speed and mouth size evolves repeatedly in Trinidadian guppies and aligns with

Emily A Kane1, Megan M Roeder2, McKenna L DeRue2

  • 1Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, PO BOX 8042-1, Statesboro, GA 30458, USA ekane@georgiasouthern.edu.

The Journal of Experimental Biology
|January 18, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
FeedingLocal adaptationLocomotionPerformancePoecilia reticulata

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