Polypteridae
National Institutes of Health
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Understanding the history that underlies patterns of species richness across the Tree of Life requires an investigation of the…
This thesis is about designing structures that combine the dual functions of mechanical protection and flexibility of motion. The…
Abstract Diplogyrodactylus martini n. g. et sp., a viviparous monogenean, is described from the gills of gray bichir Polypterus…
BackgroundThe family Polypteridae, commonly known as "bichirs", is a lineage that diverged early in the evolutionary history of…
Knowledge of the structure-property-function relationships of dermal scales of armoured fish could enable pathways to improved…
Polypterid fishes are considered the basalmost group of extant actinopterygians and may be a direct link to understanding the…
A bony ganoid squamation is the plesiomorphic type in actinopterygians. During evolution, it was replaced by weak and more…
A new cladistic method for the estimation of ancestral areas is based on reversible parsimony in combination with a weighting…
In order to understand the process of ganoine formation on the ganoid scales, scale regeneration has been studied to overcome the…