pectoral fins
Three dimensional kinematics and wake structure of the pectoral fins during locomotion in leopard sharks Triakis semifasciata
... the pectoral fins of sharks during holding, rising and sinking behavior was analyzed using digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) as in previous research (Drucker and Lauder, 1999; Wilga and Lauder, ...
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Phenotypic plasticity of muscle fiber type in the pectoral fins of Polypterus senegalus reared in a terrestrial environment
... the pectoral fins of fishes have rarely been examined, despite their morphological and functional ...the pectoral fins of Polypterus senegalus, an amphibious, basal ...the pectoral ...
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Pectoral fins aid in navigation of a complex environment by bluegill sunfish under sensory deprivation conditions
... Our initial hypothesis was that fish would not contact the obstacles when other sensory inputs were intact because it would interfere with the propulsive stroke of the pectoral fins. However, under normal ...
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Function of pectoral fins in rainbow trout: behavioral repertoire and hydrodynamic forces
... trout, pectoral fin abduction during turning generates anterolaterally directed wake flow ...of pectoral fin force (mean ...the pectoral fins. In addition to strong-side pectoral fin ...
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Modification of pectoral fins occurs during the larva-to-juvenile transition in the mudskipper (Periophthalmus modestus)
... embryogenesis, pectoral fin buds grow along their proximal-distal axis, which is parallel to the dorso-ventral body axis [11, ...As pectoral fin buds grow, they rotate from the initial position in a way ...
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Movement and function of the pectoral fins of the larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) during slow swimming
... Differences between adult and larval swimming may result from a number of factors including the experimental context in which swimming is studied as well as the difference in length scale between larvae and adults. ...
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Locomotion in sturgeon: function of the pectoral fins
... the pectoral fin muscles occur during an average tailbeat, with no observable change in pectoral fin ...that pectoral fin muscle activity is used to maintain fin ...the pectoral fins to ...
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Factors affecting fin damage of farmed rainbow trout
... The aims of this study were to determine the influence of the factors affecting fin damage under different rainbow trout production systems and to compare the findings with the known experimental reports. The study was ...
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Induction of apoptosis and inhibition of cell growth by tbx5 knockdown contribute to dysmorphogenesis in Zebrafish embryos
... well-formed pectoral fins (Figure 1E); however, the pectoral fins of tbx5 knockdown embryos showed hypoplasia or even agenesis (Figure ...
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Fish biorobotics: kinematics and hydrodynamics of self propulsion
... sunfish pectoral fins (Lauder et ...the pectoral fin is changing from abduction to adduction ...bluegill pectoral fin is an important component of thrust ...sunfish fins (Lauder et ...
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Function of the heterocercal tail in white sturgeon: flow visualization during steady swimming and vertical maneuvering
... for pectoral fins in bluegill sunfish, is needed before we are able to understand the mechanism responsible for establishing vortex ring axis orientation and the non-perpendicular relationship between ring ...
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The Effect of Feeding Frequency on the Fin Condition in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
... the pectoral, pelvic, anal, and caudal ...pelvic fins the FI decreased by 53 %, in the caudal fins the FI decreased by 18 % and by 11 % in the anal fins, in the left pectoral fin the FI ...
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Constraints on starting and stopping: behavior compensates for reduced pectoral fin area during braking of the bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus
... increased pectoral fin area, because most fish protract these structures as they ...ablated pectoral fins (35% original fin area), we analyzed high speed video recordings (200·images·s –1 ) of ...
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Pectoral fin locomotion in the striped surfperch I Kinematic effects of swimming speed and body size
... the pectoral fins move synchronously through repeated cycles of abduction and adduction to generate forward thrust ...the pectoral–caudal gait transition occurs: undulation of the posterior trunk and ...
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Expression of meis and hoxa11 in dipnoan and teleost fins provides new insights into the evolution of vertebrate appendages
... in pectoral fins of shark, paddlefish and zebrafish revealed some substantial differences [36, 37, ...in pectoral fins and limbs [45, 67] ...vic fins is particularly interesting because ...
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A hydrodynamic analysis of fish swimming speed: wake structure and locomotor force in slow and fast labriform swimmers
... their pectoral fins exclusively, and at higher speeds switch to combined pectoral and caudal fin ...the pectoral fins alone. The pectoral fin wake of black surfperch at all ...
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Anatomical network analysis of the musculoskeletal system reveals integration loss and parcellation boost during the fins-to-limbs transition
... between pectoral and pelvic appendages. Richard Owen labeled pectoral and pelvic appendages as serially homologous, precisely because they shared a similar skeletal anatomy, albeit having different shapes ...
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Zebrafish foxc1a drives appendage specific neural circuit development
... mutants, pectoral fin-innervating nerves displayed severe ...Wild-type pectoral fins are innervated by a set of four segmental spinal motor nerves, extending through the four anterior- most somites ...
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Transcriptional components of anteroposterior positional information during zebrafish fin regeneration
... into pectoral fin regenerates reduces posterior cyp24a1 expression by ~28% relative to vehicle-injected clutchmate ...7-dpa fins from hsp70l:hand2 and wild-type clutchmates given a daily heat shock and ...
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Effects of intraspecific variation in reproductive traits, pectoral fin use and burst swimming on metabolic rates and swimming performance in the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
... their pectoral fins would experience increased drag and increased swimming cost, as hypothesised by previous studies (Webb, 1998; Weihs, 2002; Green and Hale, ...the pectoral fins causes a ...
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