Bat Development: Interspecies Differences in Baculum Ossification Patterns

• Published in: The FASEB Journal
• Main Authors: Herdina, Anna Nele, Nugraha, Taufiq Purna, Semiadi, Gono, Haase, Astrid, Lina, Peter H. C., Godlevska, Lena, Vlaschenko, Anton, Metscher, Brian D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Sphinx; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.1039.3

Developmental studies are fundamental to understanding specialized morphologies. The baculum (os penis) is a heterotopic bone in the glans penis, which is probably subject to sexual selection and may play a role in reproductive isolation between closely related species. In this ongoing study, the pr...