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Anatomical Imaging

Towards a New Morphology

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Hideki Endo

    1. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Roland Frey

    1. Research Group: Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin, Germany

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  • Numerous color figures
  • Integration of classical methods and modern imaging techniques in the fields of comparative anatomy and evolutionary morphology

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XLVI
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  2. Head Anatomy of Male and Female Mongolian Gazelle — A Striking Example of Sexual Dimorphism

    • Roland Frey, Alban Gebler, Kirk A. Olson, Daria Odonkhuu, Guido Fritsch, Nyamsuren Batsaikhan et al.
    Pages 1-13

  3. Anatomical Peculiarities of the Vocal Tract in Felids

    • Gerald E. Weissengruber, Gerhard Forstenpointner, Sandra Petzhold, Claudia Zacha, Sibylle Kneissl
    Pages 15-21

  4. The Anatomical Foundation for Multidisciplinary Studies of Animal Limb Function: Examples from Dinosaur and Elephant Limb Imaging Studies

    • John R. Hutchinson, Charlotte Miller, Guido Fritsch, Thomas Hildebrandt
    Pages 23-38

  5. Locomotion-related Femoral Trabecular Architectures in Primates — High Resolution Computed Tomographies and Their Implications for Estimations of Locomotor Preferences of Fossil Primates

    • Heike Scherf
    Pages 39-59

  6. Three-dimensional Imaging of the Manipulating Apparatus in the Lesser Panda and the Giant Panda

    • Hideki Endo, Natsuki Hama, Nobuharu Niizawa, Junpei Kimura, Takuya Itou, Hiroshi Koie et al.
    Pages 61-66

  7. Using CT to Peer into the Past: 3D Visualization of the Brain and Ear Regions of Birds, Crocodiles, and Nonavian Dinosaurs

    • Lawrence M. Witmer, Ryan C. Ridgely, David L. Dufeau, Molly C. Semones
    Pages 67-87

  8. Evolutionary Morphology of the Autonomic Cardiac Nervous System in Non-human Primates and Humans

    • Tomokazu Kawashima, Hiroshi Sasaki
    Pages 89-102

  9. Erratum

    • Publisher
    Pages 106-106

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 103-105
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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.

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"This slim volume … aims to present examples of modern approaches to the illustration of comparative morphological research. … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty." (E. Delson, Choice, Vol. 46 (9), May, 2009)

Editors and Affiliations

  • The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Hideki Endo

  • Research Group: Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin, Germany

    Roland Frey

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