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Table 1 Summary of results

From: Regionalization of the axial skeleton in the ‘ambush predator’ guild – are there developmental rules underlying body shape evolution in ray-finned fishes?

 

log FR-abdominal

log FR-caudal

Abdominal-caudal

r

Slope

P

r

Slope

P

r

Slope

P

Chondrosteans

0.1

0.007 (0.001-0.03)

0.37

0.26

0.009 (−0.04-0.03)

0.19

0.17

0.86 (0.08-3.69)

0.3

Lepisosteiformes

0.56

0.03 (0.01-0.04)

0.01

0.4

0.03 (0.005-0.04)

0.07

0.32

0.98 (0.29-3.19)

0.09

Esociformes

0.52

0.01 (0.01-0.04)

0.01

0.03

0.04 (0.03-0.13)

0.43

0.33

2.91 (1.88-9.99)

0.05

Beloniformes

0.61

0.02 (0.01-0.02)

<0.01

0.4

0.03 (0.02-0.04)

<0.01

0.57

1.84 (1.21-2.23)

<0.01

  1. Values in parentheses represent the 95% confidence interval of the slope. FR = fineness ratio.