Morphometric and ultrastructural comparison of the olfactory system in elasmobranchs: The significance of structure-function relationships based on phylogeny and ecology

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1365-1386

  Schluessel, Vera ^a,b   Bennett, Michael B ^a   Bleckmann, Horst ^b   Blomberg, Simon ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fish; Nasal morphology; Olfaction; Ray; Sensory systems; Shark; Supertree

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ELASMOBRANCHII; ELECTRIC FISH; EPITHELIUM CELL; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FOOD PREFERENCE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOLOGY; MICROVILLUS; NOSE; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SHARK; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CILIA; ECOLOGY; ELASMOBRANCHII; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FOOD PREFERENCES; GOBLET CELLS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROVILLI; NOSE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SHARKS; SKATES (FISH); SMELL; TELENCEPHALON;

CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; ELASMOBRANCHII; EUKARYOTA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 55749092288     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10661     Document Type: Article

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