The Anatomical Record and Whales: We're Peas in the Same Pod
The Anatomical Record and Whales: We're Peas in the Same Pod
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解剖记录和鲸鱼：我们是同一个豆荚里的豌豆
DOI：
10.1002/ar.23115
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发表时间：
2015
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通讯作者：
K. Albertine
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作者：
J. Laitman;K. Albertine
这本庄严而受人尊敬的杂志，它的编辑和作者，爱鲸鱼！而且，看起来，鲸鱼工作者也很喜欢我们，因为来自深海的精细解剖科学不断地进入我们的页面。这个月也不例外，解剖记录在一系列探索宏伟灰鲸头部和颈部的专题论文中提供了一些独特的见解。通过机遇和准备好的科学家的偶然组合，这一非凡的主题问题成为可能。一只罕见的灰鲸幼仔搁浅在加州的海滩上，由于被认为如果返回大海就无法生存，因此被实施了安乐死。附近，一群比较解剖学家和鲸鱼解剖学家正在圣地亚哥参加美国解剖学家协会的年会，这本杂志的母协会。通过本专题的客座编辑Eric Ekdale和圣地亚哥州立大学的同事们的努力，解剖学家和鲸鱼走到了一起。其余的，正如他们所说，是历史。. .和一些该死的好科学！这一天的发现在本期中得到了亲切的描述（Berta等人，2015年;莱特曼，2015年），并将保持鲸鱼爱好者和新手同样铆接。虽然引人入胜，但这一天灰鲸的报告集在我们的页面中远非独一无二。事实上，这将需要一篇评论文章来公正地记录那些在我们的页面中提出他们对深层居民的发现的人。所以，为了不冒犯，我们不会挑选最喜欢的（好吧，也许是一些），但会注意到一些，以让人们领略到解剖学记录中所报道的科学的广度和深度。值得特别称赞的是受人尊敬的比较解剖学家乔治B的工作。他在《解剖学记录》上发表了许多文章，包括对鲸鱼垂体的研究（Wislocki和Geiling，1936），对座头鲸卵巢的研究（Demsey和Wislocki，1941），以及对鼠海豚肺的研究（Wislocki，1942）。神经解剖学家洛里马里诺及其同事的研究（马里诺等人，2001年，2004年a，2004年b）关于鲸鱼大脑和大脑大小的研究立即成为经典，甚至经常在非专业媒体上报道。萨姆·里奇韦（Sam Ridgway）是当今最伟大的鲸鱼生物学家之一，他和他的同事（2002年）对露脊鲸脑干中发现的癌症提出了令人着迷的罕见见解，最近又对鲜为人知的海豚小脑进行了详细检查（Hanson等人，2013年）的报告。我们最喜欢的鲸鱼解剖学家之一，鲸鱼电视星星！Joy Reidenberg在我们的网页上发表了她对鲸鱼喉咙的一些最新颖的发现（Reidenberg和Laitman，1987，1988，1994，2008）。Reidenberg还编辑了我们关注鲸鱼的最常被引用的特刊之一，“水生动物的解剖学适应”（Laitman，2007; Reidenberg，2007）。我们在解剖记录都感到兴奋和自豪，这一新的除了我们的鲸鱼科学家庭。愿我们的科学分享见解，使我们的鲸鱼同胞能够安全健康地蓬勃发展。
This august and venerable journal, its editors and authors, love whales! And, it seems, whale workers are pretty found of us as well, as fine anatomical science from the watery deep is continuously swimming into our pages. This month is no exception, with The Anatomical Record providing some unique insights in a Thematic set of papers exploring the head and neck of the magnificent gray whale. Through a fortuitous mix of opportunity and ready scientists, this remarkable Thematic Issue was made possible. A rare gray whale calf stranded on a California beach and, as it was deemed not viable if returned to the sea, was euthanized. Nearby, a pod of comparative and whale anatomists was meeting at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, the parent association of this journal, in San Diego. Through the good efforts of Eric Ekdale, the Guest Editor of this Thematic Issue, and colleagues at San Diego State, anatomists and whale were brought together. The rest, as they say, is history. . . and some darn good science! Findings from that day are lovingly described in this Issue (Berta et al., 2015; Laitman, 2015) and will keep whale aficionado and novice equally riveted. Although fascinating, this collection of reports on the gray whale of the day is far from unique within our pages. Indeed, it would take a review article onto itself to justly document those who have presented their findings on the denizens of the deep within our pages. So, as not to offend we won’t pick favorites (ok, maybe a few) but will note some to give a taste of the breadth and depth of the reported science within The Anatomical Record. One that deserves a special nod is work by the revered comparative anatomist, George B. Wislocki, Professor and Chair of Anatomy at Harvard in the first half of the last century, who published many articles in The Anatomical Record, including studies on the hypophysis of whales (Wislocki and Geiling, 1936), on the ovary of humpback whales (Demsey and Wislocki, 1941), and on the lungs in porpoises (Wislocki, 1942). Studies by neuroanatomists Lori Marino and colleagues (Marino et al., 2001, 2004a, 2004b) on the brains and brain size in whales became instant classics and were even reported on frequently in the lay press. One of the great whale biologists of our day, Sam Ridgway and his colleagues (2002) offered a fascinating, rare insight into a carcinoma found in the brainstem of a right whale, and more recently a detailed examination of the little known cerebellum of dolphins (Hanson et al., 2013). One of our favorite whale anatomists—and whale TV star!— Joy Reidenberg, published some of her most novel findings on whale throats within our pages (Reidenberg and Laitman, 1987, 1988, 1994, 2008). Reidenberg also edited one of the most cited of our special issues focusing on whales, “Anatomical Adaptations of Aquatic Animals” (Laitman, 2007; Reidenberg, 2007). We at The Anatomical Record are both excited and proud of this new addition to our whalescience family. May our science share insights that enable our whale brethren to flourish in safety and health.