Functional morphology of prey capture in the sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus.

abstract：:Changes in size frequency distribution of extrastromal follicles, atretric follicles (AF), and the number of oogonia, oocytes, and primordial follicles in the ovaries are studied in Calotes versicolor during its annual reproductive cycle. Extrastromal follicles were graded into stages I to VI based on their diemeter. ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Shanbhag BA,Prasad BSK

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth dynamics of the primary spine of the cidaroid sea urchin Phyllacanthus imperialis was assessed for the first time using pulsed (26) Mg-labeling and NanoSIMS isotopic imaging. The sea urchin was incubated twice (for 48 h) in artificial seawater with elevated level of (26) Mg. After each labeling event, the sea u...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gorzelak P,Stolarski J,Dery A,Dubois P,Escrig S,Meibom A

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:High speed cinematography was used to record the feeding activities of terrestrial Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum. A description of these activities based on films of more than 50 feeding sequences is presented, and the mechanical units involved are defined, described, and functionally analyzed. Evolutionary implica...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Larsen JH Jr,Guthrie DJ

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After placing in vitro, central subgerminal ooplasm (containing a central nucleus of Pander) from a quail germ disc of a prelaid egg (before symmetrization) on the upper layer of an isolated chicken antisickle, we observed the induction of a radially oriented preneural plate (without interference of chordamesoblast). ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Callebaut M,Van Nueten E,Harrisson F,Bortier H

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the morphometric properties of the forelimb, including the inertial properties of the body segments and the morphometric parameters of 21 muscles spanning the shoulder and/or elbow joints of six Macaca mulatta and three M. fascicularis. Five muscle parameters are presented: optimal fascicle ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Cheng EJ,Scott SH

更新日期：2000-09-01 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

abstract：:The identity and taxonomic distribution of paranasal sinuses among living platyrrhines has remained a contentious issue (e.g., Cave [1967] Am J Phys Anthropol 26:277-288 vs. Hershkovitz [1977] Chicago: University of Chicago Press) largely because the ontogenetic data required for their detection and identification (e....

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Rossie JB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gonads from three hermaphrodite species of different invertebrate phyla were studied at the ultastructure level. In the flatworm Dugesia biblica, male germ cells in different stages of development lay in the lumen of testicular follicles surrounded by overlapping parietal cells. The intercellular space formed by c...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： O'Donovan P,Abraham M

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microvasculariaztion of the lateral line organs (LLOs) of the adult pipid frog, Xenopus laevis was studied by scanning electron microscopy of vascular corrosion casts (VCCs) and correlative light microscopy of paraplast embedded tissues sections. Scanning electron micrographs of VCCs revealed that each neuromast w...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gerlach N,Minnich B,Lametschwandtner A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the functional morphology of the female reproductive system of the purple stone crab Danielethus crenulatus. The most remarkable feature is the relative storage capacity and extensibility of the seminal receptacles. These receptacles are a pair of simple sacs that lack internal structures dividing the inter...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Farias NE,Spivak ED,Luppi TA

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of 16 occipital spines of the xenacanthid Orthacanthus from Upper Carboniferous deposits of Robinson (Kansas, USA), Nýran (Czech Republic) and Puertollano (Spain) is described. The nonreplaced spines reveal the growth pattern of the shark. Moreover, the relationship between growth and paleoenvironmental...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Soler-Gijón R

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：:Despite the attention squamate lizards have received in the study of digit and limb loss, little is known about limb morphogenesis in pentadactyl lizards. Recent developmental studies have provided a basis for understanding lizard autopodial element homology based on developmental and comparative anatomy. In addition,...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Leal F,Tarazona OA,Ramírez-Pinilla MP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure, attachment and subsequent metamorphosis of larvae of the marine bryozoan Bugula neritina were studied by light and electron microscopy. Two points of larval anatomy are of special significance to proper interpretation of the metamorphosis: 1 Two cytologically similar blastemal tissues, each laden with f...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Woollacott RM,Zimmer RL

更新日期：1971-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pineal complex of the lanterfish Triphoturus mexicans was studied by light and electron microscopy. Receptor, supportive and ganglion cells were identified in the pineal end-vesicle. The presence of receptor cells and the prominent pineal window strongly suggest a photoreceptor function. Numerous unmyelinated nerv...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： McNulty JA,Nafpaktitis BG

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chromatolysis study, 14 to 21 days following denervation, showed the spinal cord representation of the nerve to the posterior latissimus dorsi muscle to be in the ventrolateral cell column between cervical ganglia 14 and 15. to characterize cevical neruos nt undergoing chromatolysis, histochemical stuies were done t...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sansone FM,Lebeda FJ

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anseriform birds were surveyed to examine how the degree of postcranial pneumaticity varies in a behaviorally and size-diverse clade of living birds. This study attempts to extricate the relative effects of phylogeny, body size, and behavioral specializations (e.g., diving, soaring) that have been postulated to influe...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： O'Connor PM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Septate junctions develop initially just basad from apical junctional complexes at the apical ends of regenerating gastrodermal cells. The first morphological indication of differentiation of the junction is the appearance of gentle undulations of the plasma membranes of apposing cells. Subsequently dense dots develop...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hori I

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hawaiian Drosophilidae possess spectacular diversity in male foreleg modifications, many of which are unknown in other Diptera. The greatest diversity in foreleg morphology is in the antopocerus, modified tarsus, and ciliated tarsus clade (AMC Clade), a group of 95 species. The modified tarsus flies are divided in...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Stark JB,O'Grady PM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual dimorphism in the distribution of antennal sense organs is common among adults of the genus Periplaneta. In three out of the four strains of Periplaneta americana examined, adult males had more contact chemoreceptros than females. In the fourth strain of P. americana and in P. australasiae, P. brunnea, P. fulig...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Schafer R,Sanchez TV

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extravagance and diversity of external genitalia have been well characterized in male primates; however, much less is known about sex differences or variation in female form. Our study represents a departure from traditional investigations of primate reproductive anatomy because we 1) focus on external rather than...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Drea CM,Weil A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The light microscopic analysis of serial sections of the subcommissural organ (SCO) of the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) shows that the form of the groove-like (in cross section) organ varies over its total length. Its rostral origin is a tunnel-like structure anterior to the orifice of the hollow pineal stalk. The ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Schäfer H,Blüm V

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional structure of the organ of Bellonci in the marine amphipod Gammarus setosus and the relationship between its sensory cells and concretion are described using light, transmission, and scanning electron microscopy, with chemical treatment for cell lysis, calcium chelation, glycogen staining, and lan...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Steele VJ

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Descriptions are provided of the histology and ultrastructure of the male internal reproductive tracts from three species of Camponotus, representing three subgenera. This study is the first to provide ultrastructural information on the testes (including spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis), seminal vesicles, and acces...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Wheeler DE,Krutzsch PH

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chimaeroid holocephalian fishes are distinguished among extant chondrichthyans by the possession of three pairs of tooth plates, evergrowing and partially hypermineralized, that are not shed and replaced like the teeth of living elasmobranchs. Although derivation of the chimaeroid tooth plate from the fusion of me...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Didier DA,Stahl BJ,Zangerl R

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gross and histological examination of all extant families of turtles revealed that the buccopharyngeal mucosa is morphologically highly varied. The tongues of aquatic species have small lingual papillae or lack them entirely, while terrestrial species have tongues with numerous glandular papillae. The pharynx and the ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Winokur RM

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Head structures of the leaf mining larva of the chrysomelid species Podagricomela shirahatai are described and illustrated. Internal and external structures were reconstructed three dimensionally based on image stacks obtained with microcomputed tomography. The larval head is characterized by prognathism, a dorsoventr...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hua Y,Beutel RG,Ge SQ,Yang XK

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endorgans of the inner ear of the gar were examined using transmission and scanning electron microscopy as well as nerve staining. The ultrastructure of the sensory hair cells and supporting cells of the gar ear are similar to cells in other bony fishes, whereas there are significant differences between the gar an...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mathiesen C,Popper AN

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oviductal structure is described in New Zealand's common gecko, Hoplodactylus maculatus, over four reproductive stages (early/mid-vitellogenesis, late vitellogenesis, early pregnancy, late pregnancy), using light, scanning electron, and transmission electron microscopy. Five regions of the oviduct are recognized: infu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Girling JE,Cree A,Guillette LJ Jr

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00