Function of a novel nasal protrusion for oral-shelling within an adaptive radiation of pupfishes
M. E. St John, K. Dixon, C. H. Martin
The paper tests if a novel nasal protrusion in durophagous pupfish is an adaptation for oral shelling by comparing snail consumption and nasal protrusion size across species and hybrids.
bioRxiv · Mar 23, 2020Evolutionary Biology