Androgen effects on vocal muscle structure in a teleost fish with inter- and intra-sexual dimorphism.

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：:Morphological features of the goldfish caudal neurosecretory system were investigated by means of immunohistochemical localization of urotensins I and II (UI and UII) and electron microscopic examination of the caudal neurosecretory neurons, the urophysis, and the synaptic neuropil. The aim of the work is to provide a...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Cioni C,De Vito L,Greco A,Pepe A

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Little is known about specific proteins involved in keratinization of the epidermis of snakes. The presence of histidine-rich molecules, sulfur, keratins, loricrin, transglutaminase, and isopeptide-bonds have been studied by ultrastructural autoradiography, X-ray microanalysis, and immunohistochemistry in the epidermi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Alibardi L

更新日期：2005-05-01 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 octavolateralis area of actinopterygian fishes can be subdivided into a dorsal lateralis area composed of first-order lateral line nuclei, and a ventral octavus area composed of nuclei receiving first-order input from the eighth nerve. Three patterns of organization of the lateralis area are recognized in the pres...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： McCormick CA

更新日期：1982-02-01 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：: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：:Electron microscopy of spermatogenesis in the Hawaiian red lobster, Enoplometopus occidentalis (Randall), has revealed unusual activity within membranous organelles. Mitochondria-like bodies (MLB-1) seen first in spermatogonia appear in primary spermatocytes to swell and fuse as the cytoplasm develops annulate lamella...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Haley SR

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated growth-related and sex-related morphological changes in the skulls of 144 North Pacific common minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Measurement was conducted at 39 points on the skull and mandible to extract individual allometric equations relating the length and zygomatic width of the skull. The r...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Nakamura G,Kato H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oval olfactory rosette of the carp Labeo rohita belongs to Burne's ('09) rosette column one or to Bateson's (1889) rosette type three. The total olfactory area of the fish is greater than its total retinal area; however, it has been classified with Teichmann's ('54) group of eye-nose fishes. Each olfactory chamber...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ojha PP,Kapoor AS

更新日期：1973-05-01 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 ultrastructure of five epithelial cellular types is described. (1) Absorptive-storing cells possess a striated border and accumulate lipids and glycogen. They also contain an apical multivesicular complex and numerous membrane-bound PAS-positive granules of unknown significance. (2) Zymogenic cells contain numerou...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Martinez A,Villaro AC,Sesma P

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gross lung morphology is examined in representative species from four genera within the order Lagomorpha (Lepus californicus, Sylvilagus nuttalli, Oryctolagus cuniculus, Ochotona princeps), and compared with a representative rodent out-group (Spermophilus richardonsii). Examination of pulmonary morphology reveals seve...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Simons RS

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproduction was studied in a South Carolina population of the paedomorphic salamander Siren intermedia with emphasis on anatomy of the female oviduct. The oviduct forms 67-79% of the snout-vent length in this elongate species and can be divided into three portions. The atrium, 7-13% of oviducal length, is the narrow ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sever DM,Rania LC,Krenz JD

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three regions of the byssus of the marine mussel Mytilus edulis L. are distinct in structural organization at the macroscopic and microscopic level and in amino acid composition. The threads that emanate from the stem at the base of the foot are divided into two regions. The proximal, elastic region has a crimped, den...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Benedict CV,Waite JH

更新日期：1986-09-01 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：:Slender blindsnakes (Leptotyphlopidae) are known to use a unique feeding mechanism that involves rapid flexions of the tooth-bearing lower jaw. However, the morphology of the leptotyphlopid jaw apparatus has remained poorly studied due to the extremely small size of these snakes. Here I present a detailed description ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kley NJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:In this descriptive study, we characterize the diaphragm and lungs of the short-nosed echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, using a combination of gross anatomical, light-microscopic, electron microscopic, and morphometric techniques, including airway casting. The diaphragm is inclined from ventro-cranial to dorso-caudal a...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Perry SF,Schmitz A,Andersen NA,Wallau BR,Nicol S

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:Whole body studies of Plotosus tandanus revealed that ampullary pores occur over the entire body of the fish, but are in higher concentrations in the head region. These pores give rise to a short canal (50-60 microm) produced by columnar epithelial cells bound together by tight junctions and desmosomes. At the junctio...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Whitehead DL,Tibbetts IR,Daddow LY

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the allometric scaling relationships of the cetacean humerus, radius, and ulna. Bone lengths and diameters were measured for 20 species of odontocete and three species of mysticete cetaceans, representing eight of the nine extant cetacean families. The scaling of individual bone proportions (bone l...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Dawson SD

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we compare and contrast armoring strategies during early ontogeny among three related species of marine turtles: the hawksbill, a species that diverged about 29 mya from the loggerhead and Kemp's ridley, which diverged from one another about 16 mya. Our purpose was to determine whether there was a corre...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Salmon M,Coppenrath C,Higgins B

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of oocyte development and the early differentiation of the germ layers in monotremes stems largely from two articles by J. P. Hill and T. Thomson Flynn. The completeness of their account was due to the large series of echidna ovaries and eggs collected on Tasmania by Flynn, an Australian biologist of whom a ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Carter AM

更新日期：2021-01-03 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：: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：:Sensory epithelia of the oral tube, a fungiform body anterior to the tentacles and of the terminal knob of tentacles, were studied in Ovatella myosotis by electron microscopy. All three epithelia consist of columnar support cells, sensory cells, and, except in the oral tube, numerous goblet cells. The epithelia differ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Wondrak G

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the ileum of the ant Formica nigricans by light and electron microscopy revealed the existence of three differentiated regions: proximal, middle, and distal ileum. The middle region constitutes most of the length of the organ. Its wall is made up by a folded simple epithelium lined by a cuticle, which is ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Villaro AC,Garayoa M,Lezaun MJ,Sesma P

更新日期：1999-12-01 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