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Swimming muscles power suction feeding in largemouth bass

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Camp, Ariel L., Roberts, Thomas J., Brainerd, Elizabeth L.·2015·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1508055112
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Significance: Over one-half of all vertebrate species are ray-finned fishes. Across this extraordinary diversity, the most common feeding mode is suction feeding: rapid expansion of the mouth to suck in water and food. Here, we find that the power required for suction expansion is generated primarily by the axial swimming muscles. Rather than being restricted to the low power capacity of the small cranial muscles, suction-feeding fishes have co-opted the massive swimming muscles for this powerful feeding behavior. Therefore, the evolution of axial muscles in ray-finned fishes should now be considered in the context of feeding as well as locomotion, changing our perspective on musculoskeletal form and function in over 30,000 species.

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Authors
Camp, A. L., Roberts, T. J., & Brainerd, E. L.
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2015-06-22
Volume
112
Issue
28
Pages
8690-8695
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1508055112
OpenAlex
W1774468758
Cited by
194
References
0
FWCI
36.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
bronze
Licence
www.pnas.org/site/misc/userlicense.xhtml (vor, 183 d)
Funders
National Science Foundation (0642428, 0840950, 1262156)

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