Interspecific analysis of covariance structure in the masticatory apparatus of galagos

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-58

  Vinyard, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Jaw biomechanics; Masticatory apparatus function; Morphological integration

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; HISTOLOGY; JAW; MASTICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; DIET; JAW; LORISIDAE; MASTICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

GALAGO; GALAGOIDES DEMIDOFF; GALAGONIDAE; OTOLEMUR CRASSICAUDATUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33846384723     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20326     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (46)

1. Ackermann RR, Cheverud JM. 2000. Phenotypic covariance structure in tamarins (genus Saguinus): a comparison of variation patterns using matrix correlation and common principal component analysis. Am J Phys Anthropol 111:489-501.
2. Ackermann RR, Cheverud JM. 2002. Discerning evolutionary processes in patterns of tamarin (Genus Saguinus) craniofacial variation. Am J Phys Anthropol 117: 260-271.
3. Ackermann RR. 2005. Ontogenetic integration of the hominoid face. J Hum Evol 48: 175-197.
4. Anapol F, Lee S. 1994. Morphological adaptations to diet in platyrrhine primates. Am J Phys Anthropol 94:239-261.
5. Bearder SK. 1987. Lorises, hushbabies, and tarsiers: diverse societies in solitary foragers. In: Smuts BB, Cheney DL, Seyfarth RM, Wrangham RW, Struhsaker TT, editors. Primate societies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p 11-24.
6. Burrows AM, Smith TD. 2005. Three-dimensional analysis of mandibular morphology in Otolemur. Am J Phys Anthropol 127: 219-230.
7. Cheverud JM. 1982. Phenotypic, genetic, and environmental morphological integration in the cranium. Evolution 36:499-516.
8. Cheverud JM. 1989. A comparative analysis of morphological variation patterns in the papionins. Evolution 43:1737-1747.
9. Cheverud JM. 1995. Morphological integration in the saddle-back tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis) cranium. Am Nat 145:63-89.
10. Cheverud JM. 1996. Developmental integration and the evolution of pleiotropy. Am Zool 36:44-50.
11. Dullemeijer P. 1989. On the concept of integration in animal morphology. In: Splechtna H, Hilgers H, editors. Trends in vertebrate morphology. New York: Gustav Fischer. p 3-18.
12. Felsenstein J. 1989. PHYLIP-phylogeny inference package (version 3.2). Cladistics 5:164-166.
13. Gonzalez-Jose R, van der Molen S, Gonzalez-Perez E, Hernandez M. 2004. Patterns of phenotypic covariation and correlation in modern humans as viewed from morphological integration. Am J Phys Anthropol 123:69-77.
14. Hylander WL. 1977. In vivo bone strain in the mandible of Galago crassicaudatus. Am J Phys Anthropol 46:309-326.
15. Hylander WL. 1979a. Mandibular function in Galago crassicaudatus and Macaca fascicularis: An in vivo approach to stress analysis of the mandible. J Morphol 159: 253-296.
16. Hylander WL. 1979b. The functional significance of primate mandibular form. J Morphol 160:223-240.
17. Hylander WL, Ravosa MJ, Ross CF, Johnson KR. 1998. Mandibular corpus strain in primates: Further evidence for a functional link between symphyseal fusion and jawadductor muscle force. Am J Phys Anthropol 107:257-271.
18. Hylander WL, Ravosa MJ, Ross CF, Wall CE, Johnson KR. 2000. Symphyseal fusion and jaw-adductor muscle force: an EMG study. Am J Phys Anthropol 112: 469-492.
19. Kay RF. 1975. The functional significance of primate molar teeth. Am J Phys Anthropol 43:195-215.
20. Lande R. 1979. Quantitative genetic analysis of multivariate evolution, applied to brain:body size allometry. Evolution 33: 402-416.
21. Lande R, Arnold SJ. 1983. The measurement of selection on correlated characters. Evolution 37:1210-1226.
22. Le Gros Clark WE. 1964. The fossil evidence for human evolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 200p.
23. Lieberman DE, Pearson OM, Mowbray KM. 2000. Basicranial influence on overall cranial shape. J Hum Evol 38:291-315.
24. Lucas PW. 2004. Dental functional morphology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
25. Marroig G, Cheverud JM. 2001. A comparison of phenotypic variation and covariation patterns and the role of phylogeny, ecology, and ontogeny during cranial evolution of New World monkeys. Evolution 55: 2576-2600.
26. Marroig G, De Vivo M, Cheverud JM. 2004. Cranial evolution in sakis (Pithecia, Platyrrhini) II: evolutionary processes and morphological integration. J Evol Biol 17: 144-155.
27. Masters JC, Brothers DJ. 2002. Lack of congruence between morphological and molecular data in reconstructing the phylogeny of the Galagonidae. Am J Phys Anthropol 117:79-93.
28. Masters JC, Santovito A, Pozzi L, DelPero M. 2005. Lorisoid phylogeny as revealed by craniodental and rRNA sequence data. Am J Phys Anthropol Suppl 40:151.
29. Nash LT, Whitten PL. 1989. Preliminary observations on the role of Acacia gum chemistry in Acacia utilization by Galago senegalensis in Kenya. Am J Primatol 17: 27-39.
30. Olson EC, Miller RL. 1958. Morphological Integration. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
31. Ravosa MJ. 1991. Structural allometry of the prosimian mandibular corpus and symphysis. J Hum Evol 20:3-20.
32. Ravosa MJ, Johnson KR, Hylander WL. 2000. Strain in the galago facial skull. J Morphol 245:51-66.
33. Ravosa MJ. 2005. Ontogeny of craniomandibular morphology in lorisiforms. Am J Phys Anthropol Suppl 40:177.
34. Rice SH. 2000. The evolution of developmental interactions. In: Wolf JB, Brodie ED, Wade MJ, editors. Epistasis and the evolutionary process. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p 82-98.
35. Richard AF. 1985. Primates in nature. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.
36. Smith RJ, Jungers WL. 1997. Body mass in comparative primatology. J Hum Evol 32: 523-559.
37. Smouse PE, Long JC, Sokal RR. 1986. Multiple regression and correlation extensions of the Mantel test of matrix correspondence. Syst Zool 35:627-632.
38. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ. 1995. Biometry. New York: W.H. Freeman.
39. Steppan SJ. 1997a. Phylogenetic analysis of the phenotypic covariance structure. I. Contrasting results from matrix correlation and common principal component analysis. Evol 51:571-586.
40. Steppan SJ. 1997b. Phylogenetic analysis of phenotypic covariance structure. II. Reconstructing matrix evolution. Evolution 51: 587-594.
41. Taylor AB. 2002. Masticatory form and function in African apes. Am J Phys Anthropol 117:133-156.
42. Vinyard CJ. 1999. Temporomandibular joint morphology and function in Strepsirhine and Eocene primates. Ph.D. thesis, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
43. Vinyard CJ, Wall CE, Williams SH, Hylander WL. 2003. Comparative functional analysis of skull morphology of tree-gouging primates. Am J Phys Anthropol 120:153-170.
44. Wagner GP. 1996. Homologues, natural kinds and the evolution of modularity. Am Zool 36:36-43.
45. Williams SH, Wall CE, Vinyard CJ, Hylander WL. 2002. A biomechanical analysis of skull form in gum-harvesting galagids. Folia Primatol 73:197-209.
46. Zelditch ML. 1988. Ontogenetic variation in patterns of phenotypic integration in the laboratory rat. Evolution 42:28-41.