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The inner ear of caviomorph rodents: Phylogenetic implications and application to extinct West Indian taxa
With their past and current diversities, West Indian caviomorph rodents dominate the terrestrial mammalian fauna of the Caribbean archipelago. Many of these species have recently become extinct, including the ...
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Open AccessConvergent evolution of an extreme dietary specialisation, the olfactory system of worm-eating rodents
Turbinal bones are key components of the mammalian rostrum that contribute to three critical functions: (1) homeothermy, (2) water conservation and (3) olfaction. With over 700 extant species, murine rodents (...
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Open AccessSize Variation under Domestication: Conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes
A broad sample of wolves, dingoes, and domesticated dogs of different kinds and time periods was used to identify changes in size and shape of the organs of balance and hearing related to domestication and to ...
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Different Level of Intraspecific Variation of the Bony Labyrinth Morphology in Slow- Versus Fast-Moving Primates
The vestibular system of the inner ear detects the motions of the head and is involved in maintaining balance. For this reason, this organ has been deeply studied and several scientists have tried to link its ...
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Comparative anatomy of the osseous inner ear of dog breeds, dingoes and wolves. A study of intraspecific variation and domestication
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The Bony Labyrinth in Diprotodontian Marsupial Mammals: Diversity in Extant and Extinct Forms and Relationships with Size and Phylogeny
The shape of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear was quantified using geometric morphometrics in a sample of 16 species of living marsupial diprotodontians, the extinct Diprotodon and Thylacoleo, and four outgrou...
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The labyrinthine morphology of Pronycticebus gaudryi (Primates, Adapiformes)
The publication of a well preserved Eocene primate, Darwinius masillae (Cercamoniinae, Notharctidae), has revived the debate on the phylogenetic relationships of Adapiformes and extant primates (Franzen et al., P...
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Visualizing shape transformation between chimpanzee and human braincases
The quantitative comparison of the form of the braincase is a central issue in paleoanthropology (i.e., the study of human evolution based on fossil evidence). The major difficulty is that there are only few l...
