Ovarian, oviductal, and placental morphology of the reproductively bimodal lizard, Sceloporus aeneus.

abstract：:The allometric relations of diameter and length of humerus, ulna, femur, and tibia of 108 specimens, from 63 different breeds of dogs and 12 specimens of wolves, were calculated by means of model II of regression or major axis method. Only for the tibia were the values of wolves included in the cluster formed for dog ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Casinos A,Bou J,Castiella MJ,Viladiu C

更新日期：1986-10-01 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：:Light and electron microscopy reveal that simple receptor cells in the jaw epithelium of sea urchin pedicellariae are connected by nerve tracts to the neuropile that coordinates jaw movements. The muscles responsible for jaw opening and closure and for flexion of the stem are all innervated in this neuropile. At least...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Peters BH,Campbell AC

更新日期：1987-07-01 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 red pulp of the spleens of the short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and the Pacific bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus gilli) (Odontoceti) were examined by light and electron microscopy and found to comprise two venous layers, an inner and an outer. The inner layer is homologous to the inter...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Tanaka Y

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A description of the external morphogenesis of male and female embryos of X. ferrugineus, derived from in vivo observation, is presented here. The embryogenesis of this beetle is typical of the Coleoptera, and is also similar in most respects to the generalized insect plan. Observed unusual aspects of X. ferrugineus e...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Beeman SL,Norris DM

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional anatomy of the hindlimb of 12 species of viverrids was studied with relation to locomotion. The animals were allocated to primary locomotor categories on the basis of their anatomy and locomotion. The climbing, arboreal walking category (Nandinia binotata) is characterized by a small sacroiliac articula...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Taylor ME

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a detailed description and illustration of the skull of Liotyphlops albirostris in comparison to the skulls of Typhlophis squamosus, Leptotyphlops dulcis, and Typhlops jamaicensis, based on high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (HRXCT). The skull of T. squamosus is illustrated and discussed i...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Rieppel O,Kley NJ,Maisano JA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hula Painted Frog (Latonia nigriventer) is a rare frog species endemic to the Hula Valley, Israel. The species is the sole relict of a clade that was widespread mainly in Europe from the Oligocene until the beginning of the Pleistocene. The osteological characteristics of L. nigriventer are described based on X-ra...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Biton R,Boistel R,Rabinovich R,Gafny S,Brumfeld V,Bailon S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to study the postnatal ontogenetic development of Pontoporia blainvillei skull, identifying major changes on shape, and relating them to relevant factors in the life history of the species. We analyzed a complete ontogenetic series (73♂, 83♀) with three-dimensional geometric morphometric techn...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： del Castillo DL,Flores DA,Cappozzo HL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural observations and glyoxilic acid-induced fluorescence of catecholamines indicate that tracts of axons lie at the base of the ciliary bands and run throughout their length in bipinnaria and brachiolaria larvae of Pisaster ochraceus. Two types of nerve cells occur at regular intervals within the ciliary b...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Burke RD

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The postembryonic development of the turtle carapace was studied in the aquatic Еmys orbicularis and the terrestrial Тestudo graeca. Differences in the structure of the bony shell in aquatic and terrestrial turtles were shown to be associated with varying degrees of development of epidermal derivatives, namely, the th...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Cherepanov G

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differences in angulation and length observed for the fibers of anatomical muscles may reflect two distinct mechanical requirements: arrangement for pinnation, reflecting an increase in physiological cross-section and arrangement for equivalent placement of sarcomeres, possibly associated with coordination. The ob...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gans C,de Vree F

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skull of the rare bolyeriid snake Casarea dussumieri is described in detail based on high-resolution X-ray CT data. Bolyeriids are unique in their possession of a separate suborbital ossification and a maxilla subdivided into two movably jointed parts, which may be the result of paedomorphic truncation of the deve...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Maisano JA,Rieppel O

更新日期：2007-05-01 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 crocodilian naris is regulated by smooth muscle. The morphology of this system was investigated using a combination of gross, light microscopic, and micro-CT analyses, while the mechanics of narial regulation were examined using a combination of Hall Effect sensors, narial manometry, and electromyography. Alligato...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Klassen M,Adams J,Cramberg M,Knoche L,Young BA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Larvae of sea stars are surrounded by an extracellular matrix called the hyaline layer. The lectin-binding properties of this matrix were investigated in an ultrastructural study of Patiriella species having different modes of development. The planktonic bipinnaria and brachiolaria of P. regularis and the planktonic b...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Cerra A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among species of the Chiroptera, spermatogenesis and the fully differentiated spermatozoa differ in morphological and ultrastructural detail. This study therefore aimed to ultrastructurally characterize the spermatogenesis and the spermatozoa of Carollia perspicillata (Phyllostomidae) and compare the process with othe...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Beguelini MR,Bueno LM,Caun DL,Taboga SR,Morielle-Versute E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tadpoles of several different genera were fed graded suspensions of uniform polystyrene particles to determine the lower size limit of particles that could be ingested. Certain tadpoles can extract suspended particles as small as 0.126 μ in diameter from the water. In terms of particle size, this is an efficiency comp...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Wassersug R

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleractinian corals begin their biomineralization process shortly after larval settlement with the formation of calcium carbonate (CaCO(3)) structures at the interface between the larval tissues and the substrate. The newly settled larvae exert variable degrees of control over this skeleton formation, providing an op...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gilis M,Meibom A,Alexander D,Grauby O,Stolarski J,Baronnet A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External features of the egg, developing embryo, and first instar nymph of Kamimuria tibialis are described. The embryonic development from the germ disc to the full-grown embryo is divided into 12 stages. The saclike embryonic rudiment is formed by the bending and folding of the germ disc. The embryo first elongates ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kishimoto T,Ando H

更新日期：1985-03-01 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：:Neurosecretory (Nsy) cells within the cerebral ganglion of Lumbricus terrestris were classified ultrastructurally. The Nsy cells within the subesophageal ganglion, nerve cord ganglion, and the peripheral nervous system were also examined. A comparative survey of Nsy cells of four other species of oligochaetes, Eisenia...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Al-Yousuf S

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptaculum seminis, opening into the female genital tract, is found only in the metastriate ixodid ticks. An endospermatophore that has been inserted into the female genital aperture at copulation is first stored in the receptaculum seminis, where spermiogenesis is completed before the sperm ascend the oviducts....

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kakuda H,Mōri T,Shiraishi S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver of the cobia, Rachycentron canadum, was examined by gross dissection, histological, and ultrastructural procedures. Other visceral organs were examined by histological techniques only. Unique perivenous smooth muscle cords are associated with veins in these systems, but they are particularly prominent in the...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Howse HD,Overstreet RM,Hawkins WE,Franks JS

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated if and how the inner ear region undergoes similar adaptations in small, fossorial, insectivoran-grade mammals, and found a variety of inner ear phenotypes. In our sample, afrotherian moles (Chrysochloridae) and the marsupial Notoryctes differ from most other burrowing mammals in their relatively short ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Crumpton N,Kardjilov N,Asher RJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The location and arrangement of the pancreatic endocrine tissue in larval and adult Geotria australis (Geotriidae) differ markedly from those exhibited by the comparable stages of Northern Hemisphere lampreys (Petromyzontidae). In larval Geotria australis, the main zones of islet proliferation are located laterally be...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hilliard RW,Epple A,Potter IC

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Larval salivary gland cells of seven Drosophila species from the melanogaster group were studied during the early third-instar period. Similar cytoplasmic organization was seen in both the distal and proximal parts of the gland. The cytoplasm contained a large number of free ribosomes, but only a few rough endoplasmic...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Thomopoulos GN

更新日期：1988-10-01 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：: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