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A Functional Approach to the Development of the Head of Teleosts: Implications on Constructional Morphology and Constraints

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Constructional Morphology and Evolution

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The relative roles of intrinsic and extrinsic determinants of form in teleost skulls is assessed on the basis of a functional approach to development. The patterns of emerging kinematic connections, changing proportions of structural elements, and their probable functions have been analyzed in phylogenetically closely related lineages with strikingly different modes of development: (1) the oviparous Pomacentridae with free-living larvae subjected to intense environmental selection pressures; (2) the viviparous Embiotocidae which give birth to highly developed juveniles that have been shielded from environmental influences. The developmental patterns in the two groups are very similar. Thus it is suggested that transformations in functional components, changes accompanying the proportional reduction in eye size, and the changes in the functional “hot spots” are governed by internal rules inherited from a common ancestor. It is concluded that internal programmatic rules governing the emergence of morphological variations and transformations and their vitally adaptive functions are inseparably interconnected at the level of the generative process.

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  1. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA

    Karel F. Liem

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  1. Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Saarstr. 21, 6500, Mainz, Germany

    Norbert Schmidt-Kittler

  2. Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Senckenberganlage 32-34, 6000, Frankfurt a. M., Germany

    Klaus Vogel

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Liem, K.F. (1991). A Functional Approach to the Development of the Head of Teleosts: Implications on Constructional Morphology and Constraints. In: Schmidt-Kittler, N., Vogel, K. (eds) Constructional Morphology and Evolution. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76156-0_16

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