Embryonic staging system for the short-tailed fruit bat, Carollia perspicillata, a model organism for the mammalian order Chiroptera, based upon timed pregnancies in captive-bred animals
Embryonic staging system for the short-tailed fruit bat, Carollia perspicillata, a model organism for the mammalian order Chiroptera, based upon timed pregnancies in captive-bred animals
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DOI：
10.1002/dvdy.20400
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发表时间：
2005-07-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Rasweiler, JJ
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作者：
Cretekos, CJ;Weatherbee, SD;Rasweiler, JJ
大约有4,800种现存的哺乳动物，表现出巨大的形态，生理和发育多样性。然而，只有少数哺乳动物的胚胎发育得到了研究。在哺乳动物中，蝙蝠在物种数量和栖息地范围方面仅次于啮齿动物，是未受干扰的热带地区最丰富的哺乳动物。然而，蝙蝠的发展仍然相对缺乏研究。在这里，我们描述和说明了一个分期系列的胚胎发育的短尾果蝠，sperellia perspicillata，根据胚胎收集在捕获交配后的时间间隔。由于该属在人工饲养中易于维持和繁殖，并且在野外数量极其丰富，因此它提供了一个有吸引力的选择作为翼手目模式生物。这个分期系统提供了一个框架，研究蝙蝠胚胎发生，并应证明是有用的指导其他蝙蝠物种的胚胎学研究和与其他目的哺乳动物的比较。(c)2005 Wiley-Liss，Inc.
There are approximately 4,800 extant species of mammals that exhibit tremendous morphological, physiological, and developmental diversity. Yet embryonic development has been studied in only a few mammalian species. Among mammals, bats are second only to rodents with regard to species number and habitat range and are the most abundant mammals in undisturbed tropical regions. Bat development, though, remains relatively unstudied. Here, we describe and illustrate a staging series of embryonic development for the short-tailed fruit bat, Carollia perspicillata, based on embryos collected at timed intervals after captive matings. As Carollia can be readily maintained and propagated in captivity and is extremely abundant in the wild, it offers an attractive choice as a chiropteran model organism. This staging system provides a framework for studying Carollia embryogenesis and should prove useful as a guide for embryological studies of other bat species and for comparisons with other orders of mammals. (c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.