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Phenotypic flexibility of gape anatomy fine-tunes the aquatic prey-capture system of newts

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, July 2016
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Title
Phenotypic flexibility of gape anatomy fine-tunes the aquatic prey-capture system of newts
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Scientific Reports, July 2016
DOI 10.1038/srep29277
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Sam Van Wassenbergh, Egon Heiss

Abstract

A unique example of phenotypic flexibility of the oral apparatus is present in newts (Salamandridae) that seasonally change between an aquatic and a terrestrial habitat. Newts grow flaps of skin between their upper and lower jaws, the labial lobes, to partly close the corners of the mouth when they adopt an aquatic lifestyle during their breeding season. Using hydrodynamic simulations based on μCT-scans and cranial kinematics during prey-capture in the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris), we showed that this phenotypic flexibility is an adaptive solution to improve aquatic feeding performance: both suction distance and suction force increase by approximately 15% due to the labial lobes. As the subsequent freeing of the corners of the mouth by resorption of the labial lobes is assumed beneficial for the terrestrial capture of prey by the tongue, this flexibility of the mouth fine-tunes the process of capturing prey throughout the seasonal switching between water and land.

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Unknown 26 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 15%
Student > Bachelor 3 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 8%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 8 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 42%
Environmental Science 2 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 4%
Psychology 1 4%
Neuroscience 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 8 31%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 August 2016.
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#2,662,512
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