%0 Journal Article
%T Discussions of the origin and evolution of the oral apparatus of anuran tadpoles
%A Ronald Alting
%J Acta Herpetologica
%D 2006
%I Firenze University Press
%X Because studies of the oral apparatus of anuran tadpoles seem to be mired at the descriptive stage, a discussion based mostly on developmental concepts is presented as a primer to studies of developmental genetics and evolution. An oral configuration common among many ecomorphological guilds of anuran tadpoles is used as a morphological standard without ascribing evolutionary significance. Comments on the patterns of modifications of the jaw sheaths and labial teeth and other morphological patterns are presented
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