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Filtering by: Creator Timothy D. Swain Keyword Functional morphology Keyword Convergent evolution Publisher BioMed Central

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Description:: Background: Retraction is among the most important basic behaviors of anthozoan Cnidaria polyps and is achieved through the coordinated contraction of at least six different muscle groups. Across the Anthozoa, these muscles range from unrecognizable atrophies to massive hypertrophies, producing a wide diversity of retraction abilities and functional morphologies. The...
Keyword:: Convergent evolution, Hexacorallia , Coelenterata, Functional morphology, Symbiosis, Phylogenetic comparative methods, and Evolutionary allometry
Creator:: Jennifer L. Schellinger, Kim E. Reuter, Anna M. Strimaitis, and Timothy D. Swain
Owner:: Chris Diaz
Publisher:: BioMed Central
Date Uploaded:: 01/19/2017
Date Modified:: 01/19/2017
Date Created:: 2015-06-02
Resource Type:: Article
Alternate Identifier:: DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0406-1

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