Evolution of inner-ear auditory apparatus in the frog.
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The morphology of typical anuran amphibian papillae is thoroughly distinct from that of urodeles. However, the morphological discontinuity lies not between the frogs and the salamanders, but between the most primitive living frog, Ascaphus truei, and the more derived anurans. Three features distinguishing the papillae of more derived anurans from that of Ascaphus apparently provide peripheral tonotopy in the former. The adaptive significance of a fourth feature, kinociliary bulbs, is not clear.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Brain research
دوره 219 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981