... of the locomotor system have been co-opted into feeding behaviors, ranging from the manual manipulation of tools and food items ( Alcock, 1972 ) to more specialized exaptations (e.g. the use of the pectoral girdle during suction feeding in the largemouth bass, channel catfish and white-spotted bamboo shark; Camp...

... by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2018 Summary: Comparison of sounds and morphology combined with current data on Balistidae phylogeny support the suggestion that all the family members should be capable of sound production using their pectoral fins. Acoustic repertoire Exaptation Vocal...

.... If indeed dance evolved by exaptation of orientation and learning systems, then while dance can still be described as a functionally referential signal, the form of the dance is far from arbitrary and reflects a hive-bound replay of a foraging flight. In this Commentary, we have discussed the hypothesis...

... is an exaptation of the food-processing mechanism. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) Author contributions F.B., L.R. and E.P. conceived and designed the experiments; F.B. and L.R. performed audio recordings, data were analyzed by L.R.; L.R. performed AEP experiments...