Morphology of the skull of the white-nosed blindsnake, Liotyphlops albirostris (Scolecophidia: Anomalepididae).

abstract：:The latest research on direct developing caecilian and anuran species indicate presence of only one generation of taste organs during their ontogeny. This is distinct from indirect developing batrachians studied thus far, which possess taste buds in larvae and anatomically distinct taste discs in metamorphs. This stud...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Budzik KA,Żuwała K,Kerney R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The femoral or cloacal region of many species of lizards and amphisbaenians exhibits epidermal glands. The pores of these glands are plugged with holocrine solid secretions that serve as semiochemical sources. Many authors assume that these glands are mainly associated with reproduction and demarcation of territory. T...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Jared C,Antoniazzi MM,Silva JR,Freymüller E

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flagellum of the thysanopteran spermatozoon has been examined by electron microscopy and computer-aided image analysis. The flagellum consists of 27 microtubular elements that probably are formed as outgrowths from three separate basal bodies. Nine of the elements are normal microtubular doublets that carry dynein...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Dallai R,Afzelius BA,Lanzavecchia S,Bellon PL

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salamanders possess kidneys with two distinct regions: a caudal pelvic portion and cranial genital portion. Nephrons of the pelvic region are responsible for urine formation and transport. Nephrons of the genital region transport sperm from testes to Wolffian ducts; however, nephrons of the genital region possess all ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hartley J,Gribbins KM,Siegel DS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of onset and general rate of cranial ossification are compared in two marsupials, Monodelphis domestica (Didelphidae) and Macropus eugenii (Macropodidae). In both species a similar suite of bones is present at birth, specifically those surrounding the oral cavity and the exoccipital, and in both postnatal ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Clark CT,Smith KK

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance, cellular distribution, and changes of sugar residues during tooth development in adults of the polyphyodont, Liolaemus gravenhorsti, were investigated by using horseradish-peroxidase-conjugate lectins (lectin-HRP). With Con A (Canavalia ensiformis), the ameloblasts (late bell stage) show granular supra...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Lemus D,Cabello R,Lemus R,Soto M,Fuenzalida M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Odontophoral cartilages are located in the molluscan buccal mass and support the movement of the radula during feeding. The structural diversity of odontophoral cartilages is currently known only from limited taxa, but this information is important for interpreting phylogeny and for understanding the biomechanical ope...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Golding RE,Ponder WF,Byrne M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To our knowledge, this paper presents the first description of neuroendocrine complexes in invertebrates. Neuroendocrine complexes have been identified in the lamina propria of the snail gut by light microscopy using Giemsa-stained, deplasticized sections and by electron microscopy. Silver impregnations and immunocyto...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Alba Y,Villaro AC,Sesma P,Vázquez JJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphologists and systematists have long suspected that dietary consistency can affect skull and dental form in mammals. We examined plasticity of skull shape and tooth morphology in prairie deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) by feeding mice diets that differed in consistency but not nutritional quality. Shape...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Myers P,Lundrigan BL,Gillespie BW,Zelditch ML

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is a medium-sized felid, with a tendency to hunt for prey larger than itself. We studied the lynx hindlimb musculoskeletal anatomy in order to determine possible anatomical adaptations to hunting large prey. In our previous work, we had found characters of both large and small felids in t...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Viranta S,Holmala K,Laakkonen J

更新日期：2021-01-25 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：:The lizard tail is well known for its ability to autotomize and regenerate. Physical contact of the tail by a predator may induce autotomy at the location at which the tail is grasped, and upon detachment the tail may undergo violent, rapid, and unpredictable movements that appear to be, to some degree, regulated by c...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Russell AP,Lai EK,Lawrence Powell G,Higham TE

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homology is resemblance caused by a continuity of information. In biology it is a unified developmental phenomenon. Homologies among and within individuals intergrade in several ways, so historical homology cannot be separated sharply from repetitive homology. Nevertheless, the consequences of historical and repetitiv...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Van Valen LM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of dying cells in the optic stalk in relation to retinal fiber migration was investigated in the chick embryo. Cell death was analysed at various stages of development by counting pycnotic nuclei and also by the Gomori acid phosphatase reaction, while nerve fibers were visualised by the Bodian method. A wave ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ulshafer RJ,Clavert A

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatozoa from representatives of the five insect orders in superorder Neuropteroidea were examined by electron microscopy following a new fixation method that includes tannic acid in the primary fixative but has uranyl acetate rather than osmium tetroxide as the secondary fixative. The sperm axoneme was found to be...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Afzelius BA,Dallai R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three lineages of cartilaginous fishes have independently evolved filter feeding (Lamniformes: Megachasma and Cetorhinus, Orectolobiformes: Rhincodon, and Mobulidae: Manta and Mobula); and the structure of the branchial filters is different in each group. The filter in Rhincodon typus has been described; species withi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Paig-Tran EW,Kleinteich T,Summers AP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plainfin midshipman fish Porichthys notatus has both inter- and intra-sexual dimorphism in the sound-producing (vocal or sonic) muscles attached to the swimbladder wall. The "Type I" and "Type II" male morphs differ in that dramatic structural changes related to sexual maturity occur in the mass, the area of mitoc...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Brantley RK,Marchaterre MA,Bass AH

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to find out whether the microstructure of the highly permeable skin of heat-acclimated pigeons allowing increased evaporative cooling differs from the skin of pigeons in the non-acclimated or cold-acclimated state. In addition, the correlation between epidermal morphology and cutaneous wa...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Peltonen L,Arieli Y,Pyörnilä A,Marder J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During epidermal differentiation in mammals, keratins and keratin-associated matrix proteins rich in histidine are synthesized to produce a corneous layer. Little is known about interkeratin proteins in nonmammalian vertebrates, especially in reptiles. Using ultrastructural autoradiography after injection of tritiated...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Alibardi L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of the spermatozoon of representative species of the subfamily Nesomyinae (Muroidea: Nesomyidae), a monophyletic group of rodents endemic to Madagascar, was examined by light and electron microscopy to determine the sperm head shape and tail length across the species. Marked interspecific differences we...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ding X,Leigh CM,Goodman SM,Bedford JM,Carleton MD,Breed WG

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphometry, histochemistry, and biomechanical relationships of rectus capitis muscles were examined in adult cats. This family of muscles contained six members on the dorsal, ventral, and lateral aspects of the upper cervical vertebral column. Three dorsal muscles (rectus capitis posterior major, medius, and mino...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Selbie WS,Thomson DB,Richmond FJ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission electron microscopy reveals that the spermatocytes of the hookworm Ancylostoma caninum contain an abundance of Golgi complexes, ribosomes, specialized membranous organelles, and long strands of smooth endoplasmic reticulum. These organelles remain abundant until the early spermatid stage of sperm developm...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ugwunna SC

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphology is strongly correlated with trophic mode in marine invertebrate larvae. We asked if larval morphogenesis is influenced by adelphophagy, a trophic mode in which larvae are provisioned with additional yolk in the form of extra-embryonic nurse eggs, instead of the more common increase in egg size. We used hist...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gibson G,Carver D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scanning electron and light microscopic studies reveal significant changes in the endometrial histophysiology of the soft-shelled turtle Lissemys punctata punctata during its seasonal reproductive cycle. Scanning electron microscopy shows the entire oviductal mucosa to be only slightly folded throughout the non-breedi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sarkar S,Sarkar NK,Maiti BR

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that due to the relative conductivity of the environment, and to maintain sensory function, ampullary organs of marine Neoarius graeffei would differ morphologically from those described previously for estuarine and freshwater conspecifics. Unlike the ampullary systems of N. graeffei from freshwater an...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gauthier AR,Whitehead DL,Bennett MB,Tibbetts IR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cubozoans have a complex lifecycle in many ways similar to the scyphozoan lifecycle. The sexual reproduction within cubozoans varies between species with one clade having copulation and internal fertilization and the release of planula larvae. This cubozoan clade, the family Tripedaliidae, includes three species, Copu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Helmark S,Garm A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lungs of the New Caldeonian gecko Rhacodactylus leachianus were examined by means of gross dissection and light and electron microscopy. This tropical species, which is the largest living gecko, possesses two simple, single-chambered lungs. Right and left lungs are of similar size and shape. The lung volume (27.2 ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Perry SF,Bauer AM,Russell AP,Alston JT,Maloney JE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body length is one of the most important factors that influence organismal function and ecological niche. Although larger animals tend to have a suite of physiological advantages, such as lower mass-specific metabolic rates and lower costs of transport, they may also experience significant limitations to unsteady loco...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kahane-Rapport SR,Goldbogen JA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hind foot drumming is a form of seismic signaling that plays a vital role in the communication of several Bathyergidae species. Hind foot drumming is initiated by the rapid movement of the whole hind limb by flexion and extension of the hip and knee. This study aimed to determine if morphological adaptations of the hi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sahd L,Bennett NC,Kotzé SH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

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