Lectin histochemistry of the hyaline layer around the larvae of Patiriella species (Asteroidea) with different developmental modes.

abstract：:Cytoplasmic microtubules can be divided into two subpopulations: 1) those adjacent to the nucleus (perinuclear), and 2) those distributed between the myofilament bundles (nonperinuclear). Previous observations (Cartwright and Goldstein, '83) indicate total cytoplasmic microtubule numeric density increases to a maximum...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Park RS,Légier MF,Cartwright J Jr,Goldstein MA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iridescent butterfly scales are structurally colored, relying upon the interaction of light with detailed architecture to produce their color. In some iridescent scales, the reflective elements are contained within the body of the scale and come in two basic forms, lattices that produce diffraction colors (analogous t...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ghiradella H

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I focus on the crucial links between the discovery of nonhuman primates by Westerners, discussions on our place in nature, the chain of being, racism, and the history of primate comparative anatomy and of so-called "anatomical human racial studies." Strikingly, for more than a millennium humans knew more about the int...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Diogo R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several muroid rodent species are distributed throughout southern Africa. Some species are reportedly classified as opportunistic omnivorous rodents consuming plant, seed, and insect material. This study aims to provide a detailed morphometric analysis of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of four such omnivorous specie...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Henke Z,Sahd L,Matthee S,Kotzé SH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular matrices (ECMs) surrounding the benthic embryos and larvae of the seastar Patiriella exigua and the planktonic embryos of Patiriella regularis were examined by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Three ECMs surround unhatched embryos: An outer jelly coat, a fertilization envelope, and an i...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Cerra A,Byrne M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of viviparity alters the physical relationship between mothers and offspring and the prevalence of viviparity among squamate reptiles presents an opportunity to uncover patterns in the evolution of placental structure. Understanding the breadth of this diversity is limited because studies of placental st...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Stewart JR,Mendez de la Cruz FR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most anatomical and physiological studies of the sauropsid heart have focused on species with extraordinary physiologies, and detailed anatomical descriptions of hearts from sauropsids with more common physiologies are therefore warranted. Here, we present a comprehensive study of the cardiac anatomy of the South Amer...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Jensen B,Abe AS,Andrade DV,Nyengaard JR,Wang T

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercellular bridge development was compared in Ceropia by transmission electron microscopy in the germ cells of males and females. Bridge formation begins in the fourth instar, and the spindle remnants in newly formed bridges are replaced at this time by an amorphous material known as the fusome. In the four- and ei...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mandelbaum I

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gross relationships and light microscopic anatomy of the suprarenal gland of a prosimian primate, Galago senegalensis, is described. The left gland is located medial to the pole of the left kidney in a fascial compartment of its own. The right suprarenal is located medial to the pole of the right kidney in intimat...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Carrmicheal SW,Haines DE,Pinkstaff CA

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sabellid and sabellariid polychaetes are regarded as sister groups in a number of recent phylogenetic analyses. This is based mainly on a shared specific arrangement of chaetae referred to as chaetal inversion. Remarkably, the uncini have a notopodial position in the abdomen, whereas capillary chaetae occur in the neu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kieselbach D,Hausen H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four species of Phocidae, or true seals, inhabit the waters surrounding the Antarctic continent. These animals are thought to have different diving capabilities. The Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddelli, is known to be capable of attaining depths up to 600 meters. The respiratiory system of the Weddell seal shows the ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Boyd RB

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histological and electron-microscopical studies of the head-kidney ontogenesis in a group of bottomspawner and mouthbrooder cichlid fishes reveal that this organ undergoes three functional and structural stages. At the initial stage, 2-12 days after fertilization, the head-kidney is a filtering organ of two glomeruli ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Fishelson L

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of growth and variation of the appendicular skeleton were examined in Thorius, a speciose genus of minute terrestrial plethodontid salamanders from southern Mexico. Observations were based primarily on ontogenetic series of each of five species that collectively span the range of adult body size in the genus;...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hanken J

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eggs of Xenopoecilus sarasinorum possess two distinct types of filaments on the surface of the egg envelope (chorion), long, attaching filaments restricted to the vegetal pole and weak, nonattaching filaments around the animal pole (micropyle). Both types are formed during oogenesis. After mature eggs were spawned thr...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Iwamatsu T,Kobayashi H,Sato M,Yamashita M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The forelimbs, along with the crania, are an essential part of the prey-killing apparatus in cats. Linear morphometrics of the forelimbs were used to determine the morphological differences between felids that specialize on large prey, small prey, or mixed prey. We also compared the scaling of felid forelimbs to those...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Meachen-Samuels J,Van Valkenburgh B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early spermatids of the onychophoran Peripatopsis capensis are spherical cells with a centrally located nucleus, numerous mitochondria, Golgi complexes, microtubules and two centrioles. During spermiogenesis, Golgi vesicles migrate to one side of the cell where they form a tight aggregate, which is later shed. The mat...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Camatini M,Franchi E,Saita A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caudal courtship glands (CCGs) are sexually dimorphic glands described in the skin of the dorsal tail base of some male salamanders in the genera Desmognathus, Eurycea, and Plethodon in the family Plethodontidae. These glands are believed to deliver pheromones to females during courtship, when the female rests her chi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sever DM,Siegel DS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the embryological and anatomical disparities present among lophotrochozoan phyla, there are morphological similarities in the cellular arrangements of ciliated cells used for propulsion among the nonfeeding larval forms of kamptozoans, nemerteans, annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans. Evaluating whether these sim...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Santagata S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of sperm are produced in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Nucleate eupyrene sperm is an ordinary sperm that contributes to fertilization, while anucleate apyrene sperm is considered to play important roles in assisting eupyrene sperm. At the very late stage of spermatogenesis, a phenomenon called "peristaltic sque...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sahara K,Kawamura N

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different patterns of wing venation are currently supposed to be present in each of the three orders of Paraneoptera. This is unlikely compared with the situation in other insects where only one pattern exists per order. We propose for all Paraneoptera a new and unique interpretation of wing venation pattern, assu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Nel A,Prokop J,Nel P,Grandcolas P,Huang DY,Roques P,Guilbert E,Dostál O,Szwedo J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the complex shapes of myomeres and myosepta in the mackerels and tunas (Scombridae: Teleostei), and we reveal the orientation of two major systems of collagen fibers in myosepta and horizontal septa with respect to points of attachment to skeleton and skin. Our goal is to identify the likely pathways of th...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Westneat MW,Hoese W,Pell CA,Wainwright SA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Features of embryonic development in birds traditionally have been assumed to be shared by sauropsids in general. Herein, we document a pattern of yolk processing and cellularization in the Eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) that is fundamentally different from that of birds. In the avian pattern, cells of th...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Blackburn DG,Lestz L,Barnes MS,Powers KG,Langkilde T

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyprinids constitute the largest fish family and are characterized by their pharyngeal teeth. The masticatory mechanism is still poorly understood. The complex of structures that determine the movements of pharyngeal teeth and chewing pad in the carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) is analyzed. Activities in 16 head muscles of a...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sibbing FA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructure and deposition of the cuticles secreted by embryos representing eight insect orders were examined by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Embryos of the apterygote silverfish Thermobia domestica deposit two embryonic cuticles. Deposition of the first (EC1) is initiated at the beginning of appe...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Konopová B,Zrzavý J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of the coxal glands and associated tissues in the centipedes Lithobius forficatus and Lithobius crassipes has been examined in the light of two contrasting functional hypotheses postulated by different authors. Lithobiomorph chilopods possess eight sets of pores on the posterioventral border of the ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Littlewood PMH

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), the pronephros begins to form at the four-somite stage. It is initially continuous with the posterior-lateral region of somite 2 and the lateral margin of somites 3 and 4. By the seven-somite stage, the pronephros has become compacted, and the cells are now morphologically...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gillespie LL,Armstrong JB

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biomechanical model of the jaw mechanism in some reptiles is presented. Symmetrical muscle activity that produces equal forces on both sides of the head is assumed. The model predicts the position of the most posterior bit point and offers a functional explanation for this prediction. Turtles are used to illustrate ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Druzinsky RE,Greaves WS

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal and external head structures of males of Strepsiptera were examined and the head of a species of Mengenilla is described in detail. The results suggest a reinterpretation of some structures. The head of basal extant strepsipterans is subprognathous, whereas it is strictly orthognathous in the groundplan of St...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Beutel RG,Pohl H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional variation in the vertebral column of several species of salamanders (families Ambystomatidae, Salamandridae and Plethodontidae) is analyzed. Measurements of three dimensions, centrum length, prezygapophyseal width, and transverse process length, provide the data. Ontogenetic, interspecific, intergeneric and i...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Worthington RD,Wake DB

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The larvae of Halicryptus spinulosus bear six rings of sensory/ locomotory appendages. Twelve pedicellate flosculi, 6 dorsal and 6 ventral, are associated with the neck-lorica junction. Newly described are two rows of 4-5 flosculi present on the dorsal and ventral plates, and 2 tubuli located on each dorsolateral and ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Storch V,Higgins RP

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00