In collaboration with the Westneat Lab, Katie Whitlow studied suction feeding kinematics in Polypterus and Amia, and Samantha Gartner studied suction feeding in lungfish, improving our understanding of suction feeding in basal fishes.

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Ceratohyal motion drives mandibular depression and oral cavity volume change in Polypterus bichir suction feeding 
Whitlow, KR, Ross, CF, Gidmark, NJ, Laurence-Chasen, JD, Westneat, MW. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(3): jeb243283 (2022) [DOI]