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ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
卷 292, 期 2, 页码 155-168出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20835
关键词
bat; Chiroptera; Molossus rufus; Molossus ater; embryogenesis; embryonic staging system
资金
- National Institutes of Health [HD17739RR05396, CA09299 HD07325, HD07325]
- National Science FoundationIBN [0220458]
- Ben F. Love Endowment
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Research (Grants-in-Aid-of-Research Award)
- National Research Foundation of South Africa
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0220458] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
An embryonic staging system for Molossus rufus (also widely known as Molossus ater) was devised using 17 reference specimens obtained during the postimplantation period of pregnancy from wild-caught, captive-bred females. This was done in part by comparing the embryos to a developmental staging system that had been created for another, relatively unrelated bat, Carollia perspicillata (family Phyllostomidae). Particular attention was paid to the development of species-specific features, such as wing and ear morphology, and these are discussed in light of the adaptive significance of these structures in the adult. M. rufus can be maintained and bred in captivity and is relatively abundant in the wild. This embryonic staging system will facilitate further developmental studies of M. rufus, a model species for one of the largest and most successful chiropteran families, the Molossidae. Anat Rec, 292:155-168, 2009. (C) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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