abstract：:I focus on the crucial links between the discovery of nonhuman primates by Westerners, discussions on our place in nature, the chain of being, racism, and the history of primate comparative anatomy and of so-called "anatomical human racial studies." Strikingly, for more than a millennium humans knew more about the int...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Diogo R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The form and function of the hesperiid feeding apparatus was studied in detail. The butterflies in the family Hesperiidae are of particular interest because the longest proboscis ever recorded in Papilionoidea was found in the Neotropical genus Damas. We focused on the functional morphology by comparing proboscis morp...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Krenn HW,Bauder JA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shape and age variation in dentition of Paleogene extinct native South American ungulates (Notoungulata) has been traditionally described using qualitative and quantitative approaches, and has played a controversial role in the systematics of several groups. Such is the case of the Notopithecidae, a group of notoungul...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Scarano AC,Vera B

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bats are distributed worldwide from tropical to temperate regions. Despite their wide geographical radiation and advances in studies using evolutionary approaches, aspects related to the reproduction of these animals remain poorly explored, especially those related to the male reproductive accessory glands (RAGs). Thu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Santos RTS,Pires LRM,Albernaz ESS,Andrade CS,Santiago CS,Morielle-Versute E,Taboga SR,Beguelini MR

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:In viviparous, teleost fish, with postfertilization maternal nutrient provisioning, embryonic structures that facilitate maternal-fetal nutrient transfer are predicted to be present. For the family Poeciliidae, only a handful of morphological studies have explored these embryonic specializations. Here, we present a co...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Panhuis TM,Fris M,Tuhela L,Kwan L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus, is a nocturnal marine teleost that uses social acoustic signals for communication during the breeding season. Nesting type I males produce multiharmonic advertisement calls by contracting their swim bladder sonic muscles to attract females for courtship and spawning wh...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mohr RA,Whitchurch EA,Anderson RD,Forlano PM,Fay RR,Ketten DR,Cox TC,Sisneros JA

更新日期：2017-11-01 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 median fins in extant actinopterygians are the product of millions of years of evolution. During this time, different developmental patterns for the dorsal and anal fins emerged leading to a high variation in median fin morphology and ontogeny. In this study, the development of anal and dorsal fins in atheriniform...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Richter P,Moritz T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African lungfish (Protopterus) seem unique among osteognathostomes in possessing a potential vomeronasal organ homolog in form of accessory epithelial crypts within their nasal cavity. Many details regarding structural and functional properties of these crypts are still unexplored. In this study, we reinvestigate the ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Wittmer C,Nowack C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orientation of the semicircular canals of the inner ear in the skull of vertebrates is one of the determinants of the capacity of this system to detect a given rotational movement of the head. Past functional studies on the spatial orientation of the semicircular canals essentially focused on the lateral semicircu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Coutier F,Hautier L,Cornette R,Amson E,Billet G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports a comprehensive description of penaeid spermatogenesis (Penaeus monodon) by light and transmission electron microscopy. A conspicuous characteristic of spermatocytogenesis was a ring-like structure with high electron-density adjacent to the nucleus of a primary spermatocyte. During the spermiogenesi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Feng T,Paterson B,Johnston SD

更新日期：2017-05-01 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 common snook, Centropomus undecimalis, was induced to ovulate using a time-release, GnRH analogue. Ovulation occurred the afternoon or evening the day after hormone administration. The time of ovulation was established within half an hour. At ovulation, three fish per time-group were divided into 0, 6, 12, 18 hr a...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Grier HJ,Neidig CL,Quagio-Grassiotto I

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exceptional variability in the shell of the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri, both in the keratinous surficial scutes and the underlying bones, in addition to its remarkably fenestrated bony shell are unique among tortoises. Based on 14 individuals of different sizes and ages, the observed variation in M. torni...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mautner AK,Latimer AE,Fritz U,Scheyer TM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anurans exhibit a particularly wide range of locomotor modes that result in wide variations in their skeletal structure. This article investigates the possible correlation between morphological aspects of the hylid postcranial skeleton and their different locomotor modes and habitat use. To do so, we analyzed 18 morph...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Soliz M,Tulli MJ,Abdala V

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clasper gland morphology and development in Potamotrygon magdalenae and its relation with the acquisition of reproductive maturity is described in males of different developmental stages (embryos, neonates, juveniles, and reproductively active and resting adults). The glands are subcutaneous masses in the proximal bas...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Anaya-López P,Ramírez-Pinilla MP

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Comparisons of skull shape between closely related species can provide information on the role that phylogeny and function play in cranial evolution. We used 3D-anatomical landmarks in order to study the skull ontogeny of two closely related species, Lagenorhynchus obscurus and Lagenorhynchus australis, with a total s...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Del Castillo DL,Viglino M,Flores DA,Cappozzo HL

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few decades, geometric morphometric methods have become increasingly popular and powerful tools to describe morphological data while over the same period artificial neural networks have had a similar rise in the classification of specimens to preconceived groups. However, there has been little research i...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Soda KJ,Slice DE,Naylor GJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vomeronasal system consists of a peripheral organ and the connected central neuronal networks. The central connections are sexually dimorphic in rodents, and in some species, parameters of the vomeronasal organ (VNO) vary with sex, hormonal exposure, body size and seasonality. The VNO of the dasyurid marsupial mou...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Aland RC,Gosden E,Bradley AJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:Amphisbaenians are fossorial, predominantly limbless squamate reptiles with distinct cranial shapes corresponding to specific burrowing behaviors. Due to their cryptic lifestyles and the scarcity of museum specimens, little is known of their intraspecific variation, particularly regarding cranial osteology. This repre...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hipsley CA,Rentinck MN,Rödel MO,Müller J

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Bone is a dynamic tissue adapting to loading according to "Wolff's law of bone adaptation." During very early life, however, such a mechanism may not be adequate enough to adapt to the dramatic change in environmental challenges in precocial species. Their neonates are required to stand and walk within hours after bir...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gorissen BM,Wolschrijn CF,van Vilsteren AA,van Rietbergen B,van Weeren PR

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

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：:External and internal structures of the head of adults of Clambus are described and illustrated in detail. The results are compared with structural features found in the clambid genus Calyptomerus, in representatives of other scirtoid families, and also in species of other coleopteran suborders, notably Myxophaga. The...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Anton E,Yavorskaya MI,Beutel RG

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the growing interest in rodents with subterranean activity in general and the spalacids (Spalacidae) in particular, little is known about the biology of most members of this clade, such as the Chinese bamboo rat (Rhizomys sinensis). Here, we analyzed the ear morphology of R. sinensis with respect to hearin...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Pleštilová L,Hrouzková E,Burda H,Šumbera R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barnacle cypris larvae show high morphological variation in the organs used in search of and attaching to a substratum. This variation may represent adaptation to the habitat of the species. Here, we studied SEM level morphologies of cypris antennular sensory and attachment organs in a deep-sea vent endemic species (N...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Yorisue T,Chan BK,Kado R,Watanabe H,Inoue K,Kojima S,Høeg JT

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) use modified mouthparts, the proboscis, to acquire fluids. We quantified the proboscis architecture of five butterfly species in three families to test the hypothesis that proboscis structure relates to feeding guild. We used scanning electron microscopy to elucidate the fine s...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Lehnert MS,Beard CE,Gerard PD,Kornev KG,Adler PH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mate, prey, and predator recognition often depend on the integration of information from multiple sensory modalities including visual, auditory, and/or olfactory inputs. In Crotalinae, the eyes sense visible light while the pit organs detect infrared (IR) radiation. Previous studies indicate that there is significant ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Liu Y,Chen Q,Papenfuss TJ,Lu F,Tang Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the current opinion, lymph-heart striated muscle represents a specialized type of skeletal muscles in frogs. Here, we studied muscle fibers in mechanically damaged lymph hearts during the first postoperative week using electron-microscopic autoradiography. We present evidence that both, the satellite cell...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Krylova MI,Bogolyubov DS

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxonomic history of the small frogs of the genus Pseudopaludicola from South America has been controversial. Phylogenetic inferences based on molecular data have identified four Pseudopaludicola clades, correlating with the known variation in karyotypes (2n = 22, 20, 18, and 16). In this study, the ultrastructure...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： dos Santos JS,Introíni GO,Veiga-Menoncello AC,Recco-Pimentel SM

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：: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：: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：:A phylogenetic survey is a powerful approach for investigating the evolutionary history of a morphological characteristic that has evolved numerous times without obvious functional implications. Restricted gill openings, an extreme modification of the branchiostegal membrane, are an example of such a characteristic. W...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Farina SC,Near TJ,Bemis WE

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:The arrangement of the musculature and the fibers of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the flexible jaw joint of the sandworm Alitta virens (Annelida, Polychaeta) was studied using dissection and histology. The jaws are capable of a wide range of motions principally related to defense and feeding. The left and right j...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Uyeno TA,Kier WM

更新日期：2015-04-01 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