Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals
Transitions to and from aquatic life involve transformations in sensory systems.The Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii, offers the chance to investigate the cranio-sensory anatomy in the most aquatic of all seals. The use of non-invasive computed tomography on specimens of this rare animal reveals, relat...
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ftunivzuerich:oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:140583 2024-06-23T07:45:43+00:00 Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals Loza, Cleopatra Mara Latimer, Ashley E Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R Carlini, Alfredo A 2017-09-12 application/pdf https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/140583/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/140583/1/Loza_et_al_2017.pdf https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-140583 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0489 eng eng Royal Society Publishing https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/140583/1/Loza_et_al_2017.pdf doi:10.5167/uzh-140583 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0489 urn:issn:1744-9561 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Loza, Cleopatra Mara; Latimer, Ashley E; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R; Carlini, Alfredo A (2017). Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals. Biology Letters, 13(10):20170489. Department of Paleontology 560 Fossils & prehistoric life Journal Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2017 ftunivzuerich https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-14058310.1098/rsbl.2017.0489 2024-05-29T00:40:13Z Transitions to and from aquatic life involve transformations in sensory systems.The Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii, offers the chance to investigate the cranio-sensory anatomy in the most aquatic of all seals. The use of non-invasive computed tomography on specimens of this rare animal reveals, relative to other species of phocids, a reduction in the diameters of the semicircular canals and the parafloccular volume. These features are independent of size effects. These transformations parallel those recorded in cetaceans, but these do not extend to other morphological features such as the reduction in eye muscles and the length of the neck, emphasizing the independence of some traits in convergent evolution to aquatic life. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Ross Seal University of Zurich (UZH): ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive Antarctic The Antarctic |
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Department of Paleontology 560 Fossils & prehistoric life Loza, Cleopatra Mara Latimer, Ashley E Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R Carlini, Alfredo A Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals |
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Transitions to and from aquatic life involve transformations in sensory systems.The Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii, offers the chance to investigate the cranio-sensory anatomy in the most aquatic of all seals. The use of non-invasive computed tomography on specimens of this rare animal reveals, relative to other species of phocids, a reduction in the diameters of the semicircular canals and the parafloccular volume. These features are independent of size effects. These transformations parallel those recorded in cetaceans, but these do not extend to other morphological features such as the reduction in eye muscles and the length of the neck, emphasizing the independence of some traits in convergent evolution to aquatic life. |
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Loza, Cleopatra Mara Latimer, Ashley E Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R Carlini, Alfredo A |
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Loza, Cleopatra Mara Latimer, Ashley E Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R Carlini, Alfredo A |
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Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals |
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Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals |
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Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals |
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Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals |
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Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals |
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sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the antarctic ross seal, and convergences with other mammals |
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Loza, Cleopatra Mara; Latimer, Ashley E; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R; Carlini, Alfredo A (2017). Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals. Biology Letters, 13(10):20170489. |
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