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Geomorphometric differences in shape and size of the cranium and mandible among three cytotypes of Nannospalax nehringi (Satunin, 1898) (Rodentia: Spalacidae) from East Anatolia. ZOOL ANZ 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2022.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hai BT, Motokawa M, Kawada SI, Abramov AV, Son NT. Skull Variation in Asian Moles of the Genus Euroscaptor (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae) in Vietnam. MAMMAL STUDY 2020. [DOI: 10.3106/ms2019-0058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Bui Tuan Hai
- Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet St., Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606–8501, Japan
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- Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–0005, Japan
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- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Selçuk AY, Kaya A, Kefelioğlu H. Differences in shape and size of skull and mandible in Talpa species (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla) from Turkey. ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2018.1552304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Ahmet Yesari Selçuk
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
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Usui K, Tokita M. Creating diversity in mammalian facial morphology: a review of potential developmental mechanisms. EvoDevo 2018; 9:15. [PMID: 29946416 PMCID: PMC6003202 DOI: 10.1186/s13227-018-0103-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Mammals (class Mammalia) have evolved diverse craniofacial morphology to adapt to a wide range of ecological niches. However, the genetic and developmental mechanisms underlying the diversification of mammalian craniofacial morphology remain largely unknown. In this paper, we focus on the facial length and orofacial clefts of mammals and deduce potential mechanisms that produced diversity in mammalian facial morphology. Small-scale changes in facial morphology from the common ancestor, such as slight changes in facial length and the evolution of the midline cleft in some lineages of bats, could be attributed to heterochrony in facial bone ossification. In contrast, large-scale changes of facial morphology from the common ancestor, such as a truncated, widened face as well as the evolution of the bilateral cleft possessed by some bat species, could be brought about by changes in growth and patterning of the facial primordium (the facial processes) at the early stages of embryogenesis.
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- Kaoru Usui
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510 Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510 Japan
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Han G, Meng J. A new spalacolestine mammal from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota and implications for the morphology, phylogeny, and palaeobiology of Laurasian ‘symmetrodontans’. Zool J Linn Soc 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Gang Han
- Hainan Tropical Ocean University; Sanya; Hainan Province 572022 China
- Paleontology Center; Bohai University; Jinzhou Liaoning Province; 121013 China
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- Division of Paleontology; American Museum of Natural History; New York NY 10024 USA
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Measurement error in geometric morphometrics. Dev Genes Evol 2016; 226:139-58. [DOI: 10.1007/s00427-016-0537-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bannikova AA, Zemlemerova ED, Colangelo P, Sözen M, Sevindik M, Kidov AA, Dzuev RI, Kryštufek B, Lebedev VS. An underground burst of diversity - a new look at the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genusTalpaLinnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Talpidae) as revealed by nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Zool J Linn Soc 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Anna A. Bannikova
- Lomonosov Moscow State University; Vorobievy Gory 1/12 Moscow Russia
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology ‘Charles Darwin’; University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’; Roma Italy
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- Department of Biology; Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Bülent Ecevit University; 67100 Zonguldak Turkey
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- Department of Biology; Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Bülent Ecevit University; 67100 Zonguldak Turkey
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- Depertment of Zoology; Russian State Agrarian University - Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy; Timiryazevskaya, 49 Moscow Russia
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- Slovenian Museum of Natural History; P.O. Box 290 1001 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Zoological Museum of Moscow State University; B. Nikitskaya 6 125009 Moscow Russia
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Sansalone G. Evolution of hypsodonty reveals a long‐standing ecological separation in the
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apanese shrew‐moles. J Zool (1987) 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- G. Sansalone
- Dipartimento di Scienze Università di Roma Tre Roma Italy
- Center for Evolutionary Ecology Dept. STAT Università del Molise Pesche Italy
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Marić S, Snoj A, Sekulić N, Krpo-Ćetković J, Šanda R, Jojić V. Genetic and morphological variability of the European mudminnow Umbra krameri (Teleostei, Umbridae) in Serbia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a basis for future conservation activities. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2015; 86:1534-1548. [PMID: 25801689 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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As a basis for future conservation activities, the genetic and external body morphology variability of the European mudminnow Umbra krameri, a highly endangered fish species in Serbia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was determined for existing populations with the use of molecular markers (mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA) and geometric morphometric methods. Mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b gene analysis revealed two previously undescribed haplotypes: Da1 (the Lugomir population from the Danube River basin) and Sa1 (the Bakreni Batar and the Gromiželj populations from the Sava River system), with a corresponding genetic distance of 0·7%. Paired values of FST and DAS distances for microsatellite marker data show that the difference between the Danube and the Sava populations is seven to nine times higher than the difference between the populations within the Sava River system. Geometric morphometric analyses also support a clear separation of the Lugomir population from the Bakreni Batar and the Gromiželj populations. The analysis of the body shape variation, however, indicates a significant difference between the two genetically indistinguishable Sava populations. The observed genetic and phenetic relationships of the analysed mudminnow populations most probably represent a consequence of historical, geographical and ecological factors. These results will offer guidelines for future protection, conservation and sustainable management of this species in the region.
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- S Marić
- Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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Finlay S, Cooper N. Morphological diversity in tenrecs (Afrosoricida, Tenrecidae): comparing tenrec skull diversity to their closest relatives. PeerJ 2015; 3:e927. [PMID: 25945316 PMCID: PMC4419542 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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It is important to quantify patterns of morphological diversity to enhance our understanding of variation in ecological and evolutionary traits. Here, we present a quantitative analysis of morphological diversity in a family of small mammals, the tenrecs (Afrosoricida, Tenrecidae). Tenrecs are often cited as an example of an exceptionally morphologically diverse group. However, this assumption has not been tested quantitatively. We use geometric morphometric analyses of skull shape to test whether tenrecs are more morphologically diverse than their closest relatives, the golden moles (Afrosoricida, Chrysochloridae). Tenrecs occupy a wider range of ecological niches than golden moles so we predict that they will be more morphologically diverse. Contrary to our expectations, we find that tenrec skulls are only more morphologically diverse than golden moles when measured in lateral view. Furthermore, similarities among the species-rich Microgale tenrec genus appear to mask higher morphological diversity in the rest of the family. These results reveal new insights into the morphological diversity of tenrecs and highlight the importance of using quantitative methods to test qualitative assumptions about patterns of morphological diversity.
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- Sive Finlay
- School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin , Ireland
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- School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin , Ireland
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Wilson LA. Geographic variation in the greater Japanese shrew-mole, Urotrichus talpoides: Combining morphological and chromosomal patterns. Mamm Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2012.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Khosravi R, Rezaei HR, Kaboli M. Detecting hybridization between Iranian wild wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) and free-ranging domestic dog (Canis familiaris) by analysis of microsatellite markers. Zoolog Sci 2013; 30:27-34. [PMID: 23317363 DOI: 10.2108/zsj.30.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The genetic threat due to hybridization with free-ranging dogs is one major concern in wolf conservation. The identification of hybrids and extent of hybridization is important in the conservation and management of wolf populations. Genetic variation was analyzed at 15 unlinked loci in 28 dogs, 28 wolves, four known hybrids, two black wolves, and one dog with abnormal traits in Iran. Pritchard's model, multivariate ordination by principal component analysis and neighbor joining clustering were used for population clustering and individual assignment. Analysis of genetic variation showed that genetic variability is high in both wolf and dog populations in Iran. Values of H(E) in dog and wolf samples ranged from 0.75-0.92 and 0.77-0.92, respectively. The results of AMOVA showed that the two groups of dog and wolf were significantly different (F(ST) = 0.05 and R(ST) = 0.36; P < 0.001). In each of the three methods, wolf and dog samples were separated into two distinct clusters. Two dark wolves were assigned to the wolf cluster. Also these models detected D32 (dog with abnormal traits) and some other samples, which were assigned to more than one cluster and could be a hybrid. This study is the beginning of a genetic study in wolf populations in Iran, and our results reveal that as in other countries, hybridization between wolves and dogs is sporadic in Iran and can be a threat to wolf populations if human perturbations increase.
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- Rasoul Khosravi
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj 4111, Iran
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Álvarez A, Perez SI. Two- Versus Three-Dimensional Morphometric Approaches in Macroevolution: Insight from the Mandible of Caviomorph Rodents. Evol Biol 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s11692-012-9194-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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ÁLVAREZ ALICIA, PEREZ SIVAN, VERZI DIEGOH. Ecological and phylogenetic influence on mandible shape variation of South American caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Hystricomorpha). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01622.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ventura J, López-Fuster MJ. Geometric morphometrics of the mandible in the Iberian desman, Galemys pyrenaicus (Mammalia: Soricomorpha): Is there a significant variation in form during post-weaning life? Mamm Biol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2008.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Milenković M, Šipetić VJ, Blagojević J, Tatović S, Vujošević M. Skull variation in Dinaric–Balkan and Carpathian gray wolf populations revealed by geometric morphometric approaches. J Mammal 2010. [DOI: 10.1644/09-mamm-a-265.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Monteiro LR, Nogueira MR. ADAPTIVE RADIATIONS, ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION, AND THE EVOLUTIONARY INTEGRATION OF COMPLEX MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES. Evolution 2010; 64:724-44. [PMID: 19804403 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00857.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Leandro R Monteiro
- Department of Biological Sciences and Hull York Medical School, The University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
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