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Rajmil J, Velazco PM, Giannini NP. Growing apart: comparative cranial ontogeny in the myrmecophagous aardwolf (Proteles cristata) and the bone-cracking spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). J MAMM EVOL 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-023-09653-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Roston RA, Roth VL. Cetacean Skull Telescoping Brings Evolution of Cranial Sutures into Focus. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2019; 302:1055-1073. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.24079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Department of Biology; Duke University; Durham North Carolina
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López‐Aguirre C, Hand SJ, Koyabu D, Son NT, Wilson LAB. Prenatal allometric trajectories and the developmental basis of postcranial phenotypic diversity in bats (Chiroptera). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2019; 332:36-49. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Camilo López‐Aguirre
- PANGEA Research Centre School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- PANGEA Research Centre School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Curatorial Studies University Museum, University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
- Department of Humanities and Sciences Musashino Art University Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology Hanoi Vietnam
- Faculty of Ecology and Biological Resources Graduate University of Science and Technology Hanoi Vietnam
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- PANGEA Research Centre School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Australia
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Oh J, Oh HS, Kimura J, Koyabu D. Intraspecific variation of the interparietal suture closure in Siberian roe deer Capreolus pygargus from Jeju Island. J Vet Med Sci 2017; 79:2052-2056. [PMID: 29109355 PMCID: PMC5745190 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.17-0270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The sequence of cranial suture closure among cervids is reported to be generally species-specific and highly conservative within species. On the other hand, it is known that intraspecific variation often exists to some extent in other mammalian taxa. Here we studied the cranial suture closures of Capreolus pygargus from Jeju Island and compared it with other cervid species. We found that the timing of the interparietal suture closure is highly variable within C. pygargus. Capreolus capreolus similarly shows intraspecific variation of the interparietal suture closure, whereas other cervid species studied to date do not show any intraspecific variation in the sequence of cranial suture closure. Such high intraspecific variation of the interparietal suture may be a derived character for Capreolus.
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- Jinwoo Oh
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Science Education, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-750, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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Spiekman SNF, Werneburg I. Patterns in the bony skull development of marsupials: high variation in onset of ossification and conserved regions of bone contact. Sci Rep 2017; 7:43197. [PMID: 28233826 PMCID: PMC5324120 DOI: 10.1038/srep43197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Development in marsupials is specialized towards an extremely short gestation and highly altricial newborns. As a result, marsupial neonates display morphological adaptations at birth related to functional constraints. However, little is known about the variability of marsupial skull development and its relation to morphological diversity. We studied bony skull development in five marsupial species. The relative timing of the onset of ossification was compared to literature data and the ossification sequence of the marsupial ancestor was reconstructed using squared-change parsimony. The high range of variation in the onset of ossification meant that no patterns could be observed that differentiate species. This finding challenges traditional studies concentrating on the onset of ossification as a marker for phylogeny or as a functional proxy. Our study presents observations on the developmental timing of cranial bone-to-bone contacts and their evolutionary implications. Although certain bone contacts display high levels of variation, connections of early and late development are quite conserved and informative. Bones that surround the oral cavity are generally the first to connect and the bones of the occipital region are among the last. We conclude that bone contact is preferable over onset of ossification for studying cranial bone development.
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- Stephan N. F. Spiekman
- Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
- Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) at Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, the Netherlands
- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- and Biodiversitätsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- and Biodiversitätsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
- Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (HEP) at Eberhard Karls Universität, Sigwartstraße 10, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
- Eberhard Karls Universität, Hölderlinstraße 12, room: 308g, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Esteve-Altava B. In search of morphological modules: a systematic review. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2016; 92:1332-1347. [DOI: 10.1111/brv.12284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2016] [Revised: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Borja Esteve-Altava
- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Royal Veterinary College; Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms Hatfield Hertfordshire AL9 7TA UK
- Department of Anatomy; College of Medicine, Howard University; 520 W Street, NW, Numa Adams Building Washington DC 20059 USA
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Geiger M, Haussman S. Cranial Suture Closure in Domestic Dog Breeds and Its Relationships to Skull Morphology. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2016; 299:412-20. [PMID: 26995336 DOI: 10.1002/ar.23313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Bulldog-type brachycephalic domestic dog breeds are characterized by a relatively short and broad skull with a dorsally rotated rostrum (airorhynchy). Not much is known about the association between a bulldog-type skull conformation and peculiar patterns of suture and synchondrosis closure in domestic dogs. In this study, we aim to explore breed-specific patterns of cranial suture and synchondrosis closure in relation to the prebasial angle (proxy for airorhynchy and thus bulldog-type skull conformation) in domestic dogs. For this purpose, we coded closure of 18 sutures and synchondroses in 26 wolves, that is, the wild ancestor of all domestic dogs, and 134 domestic dogs comprising 11 breeds. Comparisons of the relative amount of closing and closed sutures and synchondroses (closure scores) in adult individuals showed that bulldog-type breeds have significantly higher closure scores than non-bulldog-type breeds and that domestic dogs have significantly higher closure scores than the wolf. We further found that the prebasial angle is significantly positively correlated with the amount of closure of the basispheno-presphenoid synchondrosis and sutures of the nose (premaxillo-nasal and maxillo-nasal) and the palate (premaxillo-maxillary and interpalatine). Our results show that there is a correlation between patterns of suture and synchondrosis closure and skull shape in domestic dogs, although the causal relationships remain elusive.
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- Madeleine Geiger
- Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, Zürich, Switzerland
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The fossil record of phenotypic integration and modularity: A deep-time perspective on developmental and evolutionary dynamics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:4891-6. [PMID: 25901310 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1403667112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Variation is the raw material for natural selection, but the factors shaping variation are still poorly understood. Genetic and developmental interactions can direct variation, but there has been little synthesis of these effects with the extrinsic factors that can shape biodiversity over large scales. The study of phenotypic integration and modularity has the capacity to unify these aspects of evolutionary study by estimating genetic and developmental interactions through the quantitative analysis of morphology, allowing for combined assessment of intrinsic and extrinsic effects. Data from the fossil record in particular are central to our understanding of phenotypic integration and modularity because they provide the only information on deep-time developmental and evolutionary dynamics, including trends in trait relationships and their role in shaping organismal diversity. Here, we demonstrate the important perspective on phenotypic integration provided by the fossil record with a study of Smilodon fatalis (saber-toothed cats) and Canis dirus (dire wolves). We quantified temporal trends in size, variance, phenotypic integration, and direct developmental integration (fluctuating asymmetry) through 27,000 y of Late Pleistocene climate change. Both S. fatalis and C. dirus showed a gradual decrease in magnitude of phenotypic integration and an increase in variance and the correlation between fluctuating asymmetry and overall integration through time, suggesting that developmental integration mediated morphological response to environmental change in the later populations of these species. These results are consistent with experimental studies and represent, to our knowledge, the first deep-time validation of the importance of developmental integration in stabilizing morphological evolution through periods of environmental change.
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Goswami A, Smaers JB, Soligo C, Polly PD. The macroevolutionary consequences of phenotypic integration: from development to deep time. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2015; 369:20130254. [PMID: 25002699 PMCID: PMC4084539 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Phenotypic integration is a pervasive characteristic of organisms. Numerous analyses have demonstrated that patterns of phenotypic integration are conserved across large clades, but that significant variation also exists. For example, heterochronic shifts related to different mammalian reproductive strategies are reflected in postcranial skeletal integration and in coordination of bone ossification. Phenotypic integration and modularity have been hypothesized to shape morphological evolution, and we extended simulations to confirm that trait integration can influence both the trajectory and magnitude of response to selection. We further demonstrate that phenotypic integration can produce both more and less disparate organisms than would be expected under random walk models by repartitioning variance in preferred directions. This effect can also be expected to favour homoplasy and convergent evolution. New empirical analyses of the carnivoran cranium show that rates of evolution, in contrast, are not strongly influenced by phenotypic integration and show little relationship to morphological disparity, suggesting that phenotypic integration may shape the direction of evolutionary change, but not necessarily the speed of it. Nonetheless, phenotypic integration is problematic for morphological clocks and should be incorporated more widely into models that seek to accurately reconstruct both trait and organismal evolution.
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- A Goswami
- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Department of Anthropology, University College London, 14 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW, UK Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Circle Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University College London, 14 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW, UK
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- Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47401, USA
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Koyabu D, Son NT. Patterns of postcranial ossification and sequence heterochrony in bats: life histories and developmental trade-offs. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2014; 322:607-18. [PMID: 24863050 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The recently increased interest in studies on sequence heterochrony has uncovered developmental variation between species. However, how changes in developmental program are related to shifts in life-history parameters remains largely unsolved. Here we provide the most comprehensive data to date on postcranial ossification sequence of bats and compare them to various boreoeutherian mammals with different locomotive modes. Given that bats are equipped with an elongated manus, we expected to detect characteristic heterochronies particularly related to wing development. Although heterochronies related to wing development were confirmed as predicted, unexpected heterochronies regarding the pedal digits were also found. The timing of ossification onset of pedal phalanges is earlier than other mammals. Particularly, bats deviate from others in that pedal phalanges initiate ossification earlier than manual phalanges. It is known that the foot size of new born bats is close to that of adults, and that it takes several weeks to month until the wing is developed for flight. Given that the foot is required to be firm and stable enough at the time of birth to allow continued attachment to the mother and/or cave walls, we suggest that the accelerated development of the hind foot is linked to their unique life history. Since the forelimb is not mature enough for flight at birth and requires extended postnatal time to be large enough to be fully functional, we postulate that bats invest in earlier development of the hindlimb. We conclud that energy allocation trade-offs can play a significant role in shaping the evolution of development.
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- Daisuke Koyabu
- The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Laurin M. Assessment of modularity in the urodele skull: An exploratory analysis using ossification sequence data. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2014; 322:567-85. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Revised: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Michel Laurin
- Sorbonne Universités, CR2P, CNRS/MNHN/UPMC; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Paris France
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