Format:
Online-Ressource (XLVI, 110 p, digital)
ISBN:
9784431769330
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Content:
This book presents selected works of contemporary evolutionary morphologists and includes such topics as broad scale reconstructions of the brain and ear of dinosaurs, inference of locomotor habits from cancellous bone architecture in fossil primates, and a comparison of the independently evolved manipulating apparatuses in the lesser and giant pandas. Insight is provided into the application of modern noninvasive technologies, including digital imaging techniques and virtual 3D reconstruction, to the investigation of complex anatomical features and coherences. In combination with traditional methods, this allows for the formulation of improved hypotheses on coordinated function and evolution. The creation of virtual translucent specimens makes it possible to realize the age-old dream of the classical anatomists: looking through the skin into the inner organization of an organism. On full display here is the dramatic and promising impact that modern imaging techniques have on scientific progress in evolutionary morphology.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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CONTENTS; Preface; Color Plates; 1 Head Anatomy of Male and Female Mongolian Gazelle -A Striking Example of Sexual Dimorphism; 2 Anatomical Peculiarities of the Vocal Tract in Felids; 3 The Anatomical Foundation for MultidisciplinaryStudies of Animal Limb Function: Examples fromDinosaur and Elephant Limb Imaging Studies; 4 Locomotion-related Femoral Trabecular Architectures inPrimates - High Resolution Computed Tomographies andTheir Implications for Estimations of Locomotor Preferencesof Fossil Primates
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5 Three-dimensional Imaging of the Manipulating Apparatusin the Lesser Panda and the Giant Panda6 Using CT to Peer into the Past: 3D Visualization ofthe Brain and Ear Regions of Birds, Crocodiles, andNonavian Dinosaurs; 7 Evolutionary Morphology of the Autonomic CardiacNervous System in Non-human Primates and Humans; Subject Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9784431769323
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Anatomical Imaging Tokyo : Springer Tokyo, 2008 ISBN 9784431769323
Additional Edition:
ISBN 4431769323
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
Keywords:
Computertomografie
DOI:
10.1007/978-4-431-76933-0
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