Cephalometric correlates of echolocation in the chiroptera: II. Fetal development
Cephalometric correlates of echolocation in the chiroptera: II. Fetal development
复制标题
翼手目动物回声定位的头影测量相关性:II。
作者:
S. C. Pedersen
Cephalometry was used to detect patterns of cranial growth in fetal bats that were stained differentially for bone and cartilage. Three developmental features distinguish embryos of taxa that echolocate nasally from embryos of taxa that echolocate orally: (1) the basicranium is retained ventral to the cervical axis, (2) the rostrum is retained below the basicranial axis, and (3) the lateral semicircular canals are rotated caudally. Together, the first two actions align the fetal nasal cavity with what will be the long axis of the adult body in flight. The third action aligns the lateral semicircular canals with the horizontal. In contrast, skulls of oral‐emitting taxa are constructed such that the oral cavity is aligned with the long axis of the body in flight. The evolution of head posture and skull form in microchiropteran bats has been constrained by the demands of vocalization, i.e., ultrasonic echolocation. Accordingly, the ontogeny of the microchiropteran skull has been canalized along two distinct developmental paths—oral‐emitting and nasal‐emitting Baupläne. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.78.1.397
发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Katz,MJ;Lasek,RJ;Kaiserman-Abramof,IR
通讯作者:
Kaiserman-Abramof,IR