Sexual, habitat-constrained and parasite-induced dimorphism in the shell of a freshwater mussel (Anodonta anatina, Unionidae).

abstract：:Standard transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques have been applied to three species of phoronids to describe cytological features of their nervous systems. Four types of neurons have been distinguished by morphological and ultrastructural criteria, mainly involving their kinds of vesicles. Glial cells with c...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Fernández I,Pardos F,Benito J,Roldán C

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventral bars, cartilaginous projections from the ventral aspect of the synsacrum that contact and form a joint with the ilium, were found in all normal chick embryos of age E9 and older. Bars were absent in a number of embryos which had been paralyzed from age E4 by the use of the acetylcholine receptor blocker alpha-...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Laing NG

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between skin structure and hydrodynamic design of the dorsal fin of the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) was examined. For the study of fin morphology and geometry, a scheme of sampling representing a two-parameter mesh on the fin surface was used. At each data point the thickness of the epidermis, ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Pavlov VV

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To provide basic data about bone resorbing cells in the skeleton during the life cycle of Danio rerio, larvae, juveniles, and adults (divided into six age groups) were studied by histological procedures and by demonstration of the osteoclast marker enzyme tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP). Special attention w...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Witten PE,Hansen A,Hall BK

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tardigrada, commonly called water bears, is a taxon of microscopic panarthropods with five-segmented bodies and four pairs of walking legs. Although tardigrades have been known to science for several centuries, questions remain regarding many aspects of their biology, such as embryogenesis. Herein, we used scanning el...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gross V,Minich I,Mayer G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypotheses of relationships within Lari (gulls) are highly unstable, and depend on whether morphological or molecular data are examined. Developmental sequence data are thought to contain phylogenetic information, but have never been applied to the problem of avian systematics. In this article, we describe the oss...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Maxwell EE,Harrison LB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear and cytoplasmic volume changes as well as the elimination of residual spermatid cytoplasm were investigated in the red-ear turtle (Pseudemys scripta) and the rooster (Gallus domesticus). Nuclei of newly formed spermatids which were originally centrally located became eccentrically located within the cell in bo...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sprando RL,Russell LD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spleen of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) is composed mainly of red pulp, whereas the white pulp is poorly developed. The red pulp consists of clear reticular cells intermingled with blood cells, sinusoids, and melanomacrophage centers (MMCs). The MMCs are enclosed by an interrupted connective tissue capsule and s...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Quesada J,Viilena MI,Agulleiro B

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cloacal complex of Crocodylus porosus is composed of three chambers (proctodaeum, urodaeum, and coprodaeum) separated by tight, muscular sphincters. The proctodaeum is proximal to the cloacal vent and houses the genitalia. The urodaeum is the largest chamber, is capable of storing large quantities of urine, and is...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kuchel LJ,Franklin CE

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cetacean middle ears are unique among mammals in that they have an elongated tympanic membrane, a greatly reduced manubrium mallei, and an incudal crus longum that is shorter than the crus breve. Elongation of the tympanic membrane and reduction of the manubrium is thought to be related to an evolutionary rotation of ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kinkel MD,Thewissen JG,Oelschläger HA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate head as a major novelty is directly linked to the evolutionary success of the vertebrates. Sequential information on the embryonic pattern of cartilaginous head development are scarce, but important for the understanding of its evolution. In this study, we use the oriental fire bellied toad, Bombina ori...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Lukas P,Olsson L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsiae-like structures were found in the salivary gland cells of Drosophila auraria during different larval and prepupal developmental stages, from the early 3rd instar up to 14 hr after spiracle inversion. These microorganisms are surrounded by a membrane, are constantly intracellular, and occur singly or in gro...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Thomopoulos GN,Neophytou EP,Limberi-Thomopoulos S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A table of development (25 stages) for the period of incubation in the pouch was constructed for Gastrotheca riobambae; it can be used to stage embryos of other egg-brooding hylids. Analysis of embryonic weights during incubation shows that the mother does not contribute nutrients, but gases and other factors are prob...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： del Pino EM,Escobar B

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dorsal fin is one of the most varied swimming structures in Acanthomorpha, the spiny-finned fishes. This fin can be present as a single contiguous structure supported by bony spines and soft lepidotrichia, or it may be divided into an anterior, spiny dorsal fin and a posterior, soft dorsal fin. The freshwater fish...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Weickhardt AF,Feilich KL,Lauder GV

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of the upper, lower, and pharyngeal jaws is very similar among American cichlids. Common conditions are: (1) the presence of a premaxillary dentigerous arm shorter than the ascending arm (exceptions are Astronotus, Cichla, and Crenicichla semifasciata), (2) a narrow coulter area; in contrast, a broad co...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Casciotta JR,Arratia G

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A morphological comparison of the spermatozoa of the octopods Bathypolypus bairdii and B. sponsalis has been carried out by electron microscopy. Although the mature spermatozoon of B. bairdii is longer and thinner than that of B. sponsalis, its general ultrastructure is similar except for some minor differences. Their...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Roura A,Guerra A,González AF,Pascual S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshwater sponges of the family Spongillidae reproduce sexually through formation of a parenchymula larva. The cytochemical characteristics of parenchymula larval metamorphosis - beginning with the blastula and terminating with the motile escape stage - for the spongillid Eunapius fragilis (Leidy) have been defined u...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Harrison FW,Cowden RR

更新日期：1975-02-01 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：:The form of amniote claws has been extensively investigated, often with inferences about ecological association being drawn from studies of their geometry. Various methods have been used to quantify differences in the geometry of claws, but rarely have the underlying assumptions of such methods been addressed. Here, w...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Tinius A,Patrick Russell A

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:Scanning electron microscopy of postnatally developing gerbil vagina (birth to maturity) shows that longitudinal folds form prior to transverse folds; the process of fold formation is initiated on the dorsal wall and proceeds ventrally. From days 1 to 7 postnatally, the vaginal epithelium is composed of either flat or...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kress A,Spornitz UM,Zobrist R

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether the thickness of the cornea in snakes correlates with overall anatomy, habitat or daily activity pattern, we measured corneal thickness using optical coherence tomography scanning in 44 species from 14 families (214 specimens) in the collection at the Natural History Museum (Denmark). Specifical...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Da Silva MO,Gade JT,Damsgaard C,Wang T,Heegaard S,Bertelsen MF

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, the phylum Cycliophora comprises only one described extant species of acoelomate marine invertebrates, Symbion pandora. Adult specimens live commensally on the mouthparts of the Norwegian lobster, Nephrops norvegicus. Its complicated life cycle includes an asexually produced Pandora larva and a sexually produ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Wanninger A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mode of sexual reproduction and embryogenesis was compared in 3 species of Botrylloides: B. simodensis, B. lenis, and B. violaceus. In all species, a testis and an egg (occasionally 2 eggs), the former being anterior to the latter, mature in the mantle on either side of a zooid. The egg is surrounded by 2 follicul...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mukai H,Saito Y,Watanabe H

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annual fish development differs from that of other teleosts because a phase of blastomere dispersion-reaggregation spatially and temporally separates epiboly from embryogenesis. The fate of dispersed blastomeres was assessed in diblastodermic eggs of the annual fishes Cynolebias whitei and C. nigripinnis. In typical t...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Carter CA,Wourms JP

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All extant members of Phocoenidae (porpoises) have been characterized as pedomorphic based on skeletal characters. To investigate the ontogenetic background for pedomorphosis and assess interspecific differences in ontogeny among phocoenids, samples of the six extant species were compared in terms of development of bo...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Galatius A,Berta A,Frandsen MS,Goodall RN

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm performance is likely to be an important determinant of male reproductive success, especially when females copulate with multiple males. Understanding sperm performance is therefore crucial to fully understand the evolution of male reproductive strategies. In this study, we examined the repeatability of sperm mo...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Cramer ER,Laskemoen T,Stensrud E,Rowe M,Haas F,Lifjeld JT,Saetre GP,Johnsen A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using immunohistochemical labeling against acetylated a-tubulin and serotonin in combination with confocal laser scanning microscopy and 3D-reconstruction, we investigated the temporary freshwater pond inhabitant Branchinella sp. (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) for the first time to provide detailed data on the d...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Frase T,Richter S

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：: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