The evolution of active vibrissal sensing in mammals: Evidence from vibrissal musculature and function in the marsupial possum Monodelphis domestica

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 3483-3494

  Grant, Robyn A ^a   Haidarliu, Sebastian ^b   Kennerley, Natalie J ^c   Prescott, Tony J ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Mammalian evolution; Rat; Vibrissae; Whiskers; Whisking

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SENSING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OPOSSUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SKULL; VIBRISSA; WHISKERS; WHISKING;

ACTIVE SENSING; MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION; RAT; VIBRISSAE; WHISKERS; WHISKING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MONODELPHIS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; RATS; SKULL; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84883177700     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.087452     Document Type: Article

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