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Fossil bone histology reveals ancient origins for rapid juvenile growth in tetrapods
Patterns of growth throughout the lifetime of an animal reflect critical life history traits such as reproductive timing, physiology, and ecological...
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Convergent Evolution of Manual and Pedal Gras** Capabilities in Tetrapods
Gras** behavior and manipulation using the hand and/or foot is widespread among tetrapods and can be used in various contexts in the daily life of...
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Evolution of Longevity in Tetrapods: Safety Is More Important than Metabolism Level
AbstractVarious environmental morphological and behavioral factors can determine the longevity of representatives of various taxa. Long-lived species...
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Sustained high rates of morphological evolution during the rise of tetrapods
The fish-to-tetrapod transition is one of the most iconic events in vertebrate evolution, yet fundamental questions regarding the dynamics of this...
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Microvascular anatomy suggests varying aerobic activity levels in the adipose tissues of diving tetrapods
Adipose tissue has many important functions including metabolic energy storage, endocrine functions, thermoregulation and structural support. Given...
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What Have the Extremities of “Lower Tetrapods” in Common? And Why?
Most primitive tetrapods possess a rather slender trunk, neck of short or medium length and a long tail (see Chap. 4...
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Body size and life history shape the historical biogeography of tetrapods
Dispersal across biogeographic barriers is a key process determining global patterns of biodiversity as it allows lineages to colonize and diversify...
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Axial Skeleton and Muscle Arrangement in Terrestrial Tetrapods
The external physical conditions for land-living animals diverge fundamentally from those with which water-living forms have to cope: gravity acts...
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Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions
Various Mesozoic marine reptile lineages evolved streamlined bodies and efficient lift-based swimming, as seen in modern aquatic mammals....
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The Evolution of Brain Size in Ectothermic Tetrapods: Large Brain Mass Trades-Off with Lifespan in Reptiles
The evolution of brain size is constrained by the trade-off between the energetic costs allocated towards its maintenance and the cognitive...
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The Evolution of Body Size in Terrestrial Tetrapods
Body size is a fundamental trait in evolutionary and ecological research, given that it varies allometrically with several relevant features, such as...
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Evolution of the N-Terminal Regulation of Cardiac Troponin I for Heart Function of Tetrapods: Lungfish Presents an Example of the Emergence of Novel Submolecular Structure to Lead the Capacity of Adaptation
Troponin-based Ca 2+ regulation of striated muscle contraction emerged approximately 700 million years ago with largely conserved functions during...
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Functional divergence of oligoadenylate synthetase 1 (OAS1) proteins in Tetrapods
OASs play critical roles in immune response against virus infection by polymerizing ATP into 2–5As, which initiate the classical OAS/RNase L pathway...
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Type 1 vomeronasal receptor expression in juvenile and adult lungfish olfactory organ
Lungfish are the most closely related fish to tetrapods. The olfactory organ of lungfish contains lamellae and abundant recesses at the base of...
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A transcriptomic reevaluation of the accessory olfactory organ in Bichir (Polypterus senegalus)
Fish possess one olfactory organ called the olfactory epithelium (OE), by which various chemical substances are detected. On the other hand,...
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An ankylosaur larynx provides insights for bird-like vocalization in non-avian dinosaurs
A voice box (larynx) is unique for tetrapods and plays functional roles in respiration, airway protection, and vocalization. However, in birds and...
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Gene expression changes during the evolution of the tetrapod limb
Major changes in the vertebrate anatomy have preceded the conquest of land by the members of this taxon, and continuous changes in limb shape and use...
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Evaluation of animal and plant diversity suggests Greenland’s thaw hastens the biodiversity crisis
Rising temperatures can lead to the occurrence of a large-scale climatic event, such as the melting of Greenland ice sheet, weakening the AMOC and...
