abstract：:Caudal courtship glands (CCGs) are sexually dimorphic glands described in the skin of the dorsal tail base of some male salamanders in the genera Desmognathus, Eurycea, and Plethodon in the family Plethodontidae. These glands are believed to deliver pheromones to females during courtship, when the female rests her chi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sever DM,Siegel DS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brine shrimp, Artemia (Crustacea, Anostraca), is a zooplankton that is commonly used in both basic and applied research. Unfortunately, Artemia embryos are often cultured under conditions that alter early development, and reports based on these cultures oversimplify or fail to describe morphological phenotypes. Th...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Neumeyer CH,Gerlach JL,Ruggiero KM,Covi JA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on birds have led to the hypothesis that increased intestinal absorption between enterocytes (paracellular) evolved as a compensation for smaller intestinal size in fliers, which was perhaps selected to minimize the mass of digesta carried. This hypothesis predicts that bats will also exhibit relatively reduce...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Zhang ZQ,Brun A,Price ER,Cruz-Neto AP,Karasov WH,Caviedes-Vidal E

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Age and sex-related variations in sternum morphology may affect the thoracic injury tolerance. Male and female sternum size and shape variation was characterized for ages 0-100 from landmarks collected from 330 computed tomography scans. Homologous landmarks were analyzed using Procrustes superimposition to produce ag...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Weaver AA,Schoell SL,Nguyen CM,Lynch SK,Stitzel JD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mandible development in the larval stages I-V of two palaemonid shrimp species, Palaemon elegans and Macrobrachium amazonicum, was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy, light microscopy, and confocal laser scanning microscopy. In contrast to the zoea I of P. elegans, first-stage larvae of M. amazonicum are nonf...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Batel A,Melzer RR,Anger K,Geiselbrecht H

更新日期：2014-11-01 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 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：:Burrow construction in the subterranean Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) primarily occurs by scratch-digging. In this study, we compared the limbs of an ontogenetic series of C. talarum to identify variation in bony elements related to fossorial habits using a morphometrical and biomechanical approach. Diamete...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Echeverría AI,Becerra F,Vassallo AI

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth dynamics of the primary spine of the cidaroid sea urchin Phyllacanthus imperialis was assessed for the first time using pulsed (26) Mg-labeling and NanoSIMS isotopic imaging. The sea urchin was incubated twice (for 48 h) in artificial seawater with elevated level of (26) Mg. After each labeling event, the sea u...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gorzelak P,Stolarski J,Dery A,Dubois P,Escrig S,Meibom A

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Patterns of ectocranial suture fusion among Primates are subject to species-specific variation. In this study, we used Guttman Scaling to compare modal progression of ectocranial suture fusion among Hominidae (Homo, Pan, Gorilla, and Pongo), Hylobates, and Cercopithecidae (Macaca and Papio) groups. Our hypothesis is t...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Cray J Jr,Cooper GM,Mooney MP,Siegel MI

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:Stauromedusae have relatively few macromorphological characters, making both their taxonomy and identification difficult. For this reason, histological characters are also employed in the taxonomy of the group. This study presents a detailed description of the histomorphology of Haliclystus antarcticus Pfeffer, 1889 (...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Miranda LS,Collins AG,Marques AC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cover illustration. Mayetiola destructor is a major pest of wheat in Europe, North Africa and North America. In this issue of the Journal of Morphology, Schneeberg et al. (pp. 1299-1311) investigate the adult head structures of the cecidomyiid fly and compared their findings with evolutionarily less successful familie...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Schneeberg K,Polilov A,Harris MO,Beutel RG

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) are the most commonly used laboratory songbird species, yet their embryological development has been poorly characterized. Most studies to date apply Hamburger and Hamilton stages derived from chicken development; however, significant differences in development between precocial and...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Murray JR,Varian-Ramos CW,Welch ZS,Saha MS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prowfish, Zaprora silenus, is the sole member of the family Zaproridae. It is a large, relatively elongate species with a robust head and body, and it feeds primarily on jellyfishes. Although the larvae and juveniles are pelagic, the adults are demersal, and the species is widely distributed from Southern Californ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hilton EJ,Stevenson DE

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astroblepidae or "climbing catfishes" encompass a single genus of species living in high altitude rivers in the Andes of South America. They are characterized by a specialized head morphology closely resembling their better known, widely radiated sister family Loricariidae, or armored suckermouth catfishes. Existent d...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： De Crop W,Pauwels E,Van Hoorebeke L,Geerinckx T

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:Confocal imaging of Fluo-4, Propidium iodide, and di-8-Anepps loaded ureter were used to study the morphology of terminal arterioles with an inner diameter <50 μm in intact rat ureter. Optical sectioning showed that the muscle coat of the terminal arterioles consisted of a monolayer of highly curved smooth muscle cell...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mumtaz S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two free-living marine euplotid ciliates, Pseudodiophrys nigricans and Diophrys japonica, collected from the coastal waters off Qingdao, northern China, were investigated using live observations and protargol impregnation methods. The cortical development of P. nigricans was observed during binary division. Although i...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Fan Y,Warren A,Al-Farraj SA,Chen X,Shao C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the male reproductive cycle of Sibynomorphus mikanii from southeastern Brazil considering macroscopic and microscopic variables. Spermatogenesis occurs during spring-summer (September-December) and spermiogenesis or maturation occurs in summer (December-February). The length and width of the kidne...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Rojas CA,Barros VA,Almeida-Santos SM

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:The chondrocranium is a cartilaginous structure that forms around and protects the brain and sensory organs of the head. Through ontogeny, this skeletal structure may become more elaborate, remodeled and reabsorbed, and/or ossified. Though considerable attention has been given to the formation of the chondrocranium an...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Daniel J P,Christopher A S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of the yolk sac of squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) differs from other amniote lineages in the pattern of growth of extraembryonic mesoderm, which produces a cavity, the yolk cleft, within the yolk. The structure of the yolk cleft and the accompanying isolated yolk mass influence development of the a...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Stewart JR,Russell KJ,Thompson MB

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While knowledge of the reproductive biology of tropical scleractinian corals is extensive, information from temperate zones is limited. The aim of this study is to describe the reproductive biology of Caryophyllia inornata, a temperate species, and to increase the understanding of the reproductive strategies of Medite...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Goffredo S,Marchini C,Rocchi M,Airi V,Caroselli E,Falini G,Levy O,Dubinsky Z,Zaccanti F

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The architectural ground plan of beetle and other insect midguts is represented by a monolayer of epithelial cells arranged in a cylindrical configuration. Proliferation and differentiation of regenerative cells maintain the integrity of this monolayer in the face of continual losses of individual cells through cytopl...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Nardi JB,Bee CM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functioning of the vertebrate eye depends on its absolute size, which is presumably adapted to specific needs. Eye size variation in lidless and spectacled colubrid snakes was investigated, including 839 specimens belonging to 49 genera, 66 species and subspecies. Variations of adult eye diameters (EDs) in both ab...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Liu Y,Ding L,Lei J,Zhao E,Tang Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) is economically important in Europe. However, apart from the female reproductive system, very little is known about its internal anatomy. This article focuses on studying the internal anatomy and ultrastructure of the male reproductive system. This system follows the general pa...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Rotllant G,Chiva M,Durfort M,Ribes E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different patterns of wing venation are currently supposed to be present in each of the three orders of Paraneoptera. This is unlikely compared with the situation in other insects where only one pattern exists per order. We propose for all Paraneoptera a new and unique interpretation of wing venation pattern, assu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Nel A,Prokop J,Nel P,Grandcolas P,Huang DY,Roques P,Guilbert E,Dostál O,Szwedo J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sea urchin adoral tube feet are highly specialized organs that have evolved to provide efficient attachment to the substratum. They consist of a disk and a stem that together form a functional unit. Tube foot disk tenacity (adhesive force per unit area) and stem mechanical properties (e.g., stiffness) vary between spe...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Santos R,Flammang P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic position of the Ectoprocta within the Lophotrochozoa is discussed controversially. For gaining more insight into ectoproct relationships and comparing it with other potentially related phyla, we analysed the myoanatomy and serotonergic nervous system of adult representatives of the Phylactolaemata (Pl...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Schwaha T,Wanninger A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraspecific trends in freshwater mussel (unionoid) shells that are consistently associated with differences in the mussels' sex and/or parasitic infestation can potentially be used to reconstruct sex ratios or parasitic levels of modern and ancient unionoid populations. In contrast to morphological patterns within m...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Zieritz A,Aldridge DC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oribatida are one of the main groups of Acari comprising mostly important decomposers in soils. Most species are particle feeders, an exceptional mode of nutrition in Arachnida. Hence, their feeding organs, the gnathosoma, are of special functional interest. We studied nearly all components using scanning and transmis...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Alberti G,Heethoff M,Norton RA,Schmelzle S,Seniczak A,Seniczak S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single pair of protonephridia is the typical larval excretory organ of molluscs. Their presence in postlarval developmental stages was discovered only recently. We found that the protonephridia of the polyplacophoran mollusc, Lepidochitona corrugata, achieve their most elaborate differentiation and become largest du...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Baeumler N,Haszprunar G,Ruthensteiner B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To illustrate vascular modification accompanying transition from aquatic to amphibious life in gobies, we investigated the respiratory vasculatures of the gills and the bucco-opercular cavities in one of the most terrestrially-adapted mudskippers, Periophthalmodon schlosseri, using the corrosion casting technique. The...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gonzales TT,Katoh M,Ghaffar MA,Ishimatsu A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We described the topography and morphometry of the testicular artery, pampiniform plexus veins, and indirect connections between them in the spermatic cord of the bull. Sixty microcorrosive casts of bovine spermatic cords were analyzed macroscopically, by stereomicroscopy, and by scanning electron microscopy. The aver...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Polguj M,Jȩdrzejewski KS,Topol M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic position of bryozoans has been disputed for decades, and molecular phylogenetic analyzes have not unequivocally clarified their position within the Bilateria. As probably the most basal bryozoans, Phylactolaemata is the most promising taxon for large-scale phylogenetic comparisons. These comparisons r...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Schwaha T,Handschuh S,Redl E,Walzl MG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micrabaciids are solitary, exclusively azooxanthellate deep-sea corals belonging to one of the deepest-living (up to 5,000 m) scleractinian representatives. All modern micrabaciid taxa (genera: Letepsammia, Rhombopsammia, Stephanophyllia, Leptopenus) have a porous and often very fragile skeleton consisting of two main...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Janiszewska K,Stolarski J,Benzerara K,Meibom A,Mazur M,Kitahara MV,Cairns SD

更新日期：2011-02-01 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