Cochlear Labyrinth Volume in Euarchontoglirans: Implications for the Evolution of Hearing in Primates

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-266

  Armstrong, Stephanie D ^a   Bloch, Jonathan I ^b   Houde, Peter ^c   Silcox, Mary T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apatotheria; Cochlea; Plesiadapiformes; Primates; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN SIZE; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXTANT SPECIES; HEARING; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COCHLEA; HEARING; LEMUR; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SCANDENTIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

APATOTHERIA; PLESIADAPIFORMES; PRIMATES;

EID: 78651412867     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21298     Document Type: Article

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