OMIA:002975-32509 : Head asymmetry, lateralised in Perissodus microlepis (scale-eating cichlid fish)

Categories: Craniofacial phene

Single-gene trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: no

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Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2025). OMIA:002975-32509: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

References

Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.

2025 Tian, X., Li, M., Meyer, A. :
Insights into the genetic basis of bilateral head asymmetry in a scale-eating cichlid fish. Sci Adv 11:eadw4406, 2025. Pubmed reference: 40737413. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw4406.
2022 Takeuchi, Y., Higuchi, Y., Ikeya, K., Tagami, M., Oda, Y. :
Experience-dependent learning of behavioral laterality in the scale-eating cichlid Perissodus microlepis occurs during the early developmental stage. Sci Rep 12:723, 2022. Pubmed reference: 35031653. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04588-8.
2017 Lee, H.J., Schneider, R.F., Manousaki, T., Kang, J.H., Lein, E., Franchini, P., Meyer, A. :
Lateralized Feeding Behavior is Associated with Asymmetrical Neuroanatomy and Lateralized Gene Expressions in the Brain in Scale-Eating Cichlid Fish. Genome Biol Evol 9:3122-3136, 2017. Pubmed reference: 29069363. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx218.
2015 Lee, H.J., Heim, V., Meyer, A. :
Genetic and environmental effects on the morphological asymmetry in the scale-eating cichlid fish, Perissodus microlepis. Ecol Evol 5:4277-86, 2015. Pubmed reference: 26664678. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1691.
2013 Hata, H., Yasugi, M., Takeuchi, Y., Takahashi, S., Hori, M. :
Measuring and evaluating morphological asymmetry in fish: distinct lateral dimorphism in the jaws of scale-eating cichlids. Ecol Evol 3:4641-7, 2013. Pubmed reference: 24363893. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.849.
2012 Kusche, H., Lee, H.J., Meyer, A. :
Mouth asymmetry in the textbook example of scale-eating cichlid fish is not a discrete dimorphism after all. Proc Biol Sci 279:4715-23, 2012. Pubmed reference: 23055070. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2082.
Lee, H.J., Kusche, H., Meyer, A. :
Handed foraging behavior in scale-eating cichlid fish: its potential role in shaping morphological asymmetry. PLoS One 7:e44670, 2012. Pubmed reference: 22970282. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044670.
2010 Lee, H.J., Pittlik, S., Jones, J.C., Salzburger, W., Barluenga, M., Meyer, A. :
Genetic support for random mating between left and right-mouth morphs in the dimorphic scale-eating cichlid fish Perissodus microlepis from Lake Tanganyika. J Fish Biol 76:1940-57, 2010. Pubmed reference: 20557648. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02620.x.
Stewart, T.A., Albertson, R.C. :
Evolution of a unique predatory feeding apparatus: functional anatomy, development and a genetic locus for jaw laterality in Lake Tanganyika scale-eating cichlids. BMC Biol 8:8, 2010. Pubmed reference: 20102595. DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-8.
Van Dooren, T.J., van Goor, H.A., van Putten, M. :
Handedness and asymmetry in scale-eating cichlids: antisymmetries of different strength. Evolution 64:2159-65, 2010. Pubmed reference: 20199561. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00977.x.
2007 Hori, M., Ochi, H., Kohda, M. :
Inheritance pattern of lateral dimorphism in two cichlids (a scale eater, Perissodus microlepis, and an herbivore, Neolamprologus moorii) in Lake Tanganyika. Zoolog Sci 24:486-92, 2007. Pubmed reference: 17867847. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.486.
Takahashi, R., Watanabe, K., Nishida, M., Hori, M. :
Evolution of feeding specialization in Tanganyikan scale-eating cichlids: a molecular phylogenetic approach. BMC Evol Biol 7:195, 2007. Pubmed reference: 17945014. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-195.
1993 Hori, M. :
Frequency-dependent natural selection in the handedness of scale-eating cichlid fish. Science 260:216-9, 1993. Pubmed reference: 17807183. DOI: 10.1126/science.260.5105.216.

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