Sensory Evolution on the Threshold : Adaptations in Secondarily Aquatic Vertebrates.

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Ranging from crocodiles and penguins to seals and whales, this synthesis explores the function and evolution of sensory systems in animals whose ancestors lived on land. It explores the dramatic transformation of smell, taste, sight, hearing, and balance that occurred as lineages of reptiles, birds,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thewissen, J. G. M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.
Temas:
Aquatic animals > Sense organs.
Aquatic animals > Adaptation.
Sense organs > Evolution.
Faune aquatique > Organes des sens.
Faune aquatique > Adaptation.
Organes des sens > Évolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Aquatic animals > Adaptation
adapting to their environment.
anatomy.
animal senses.
animal sensory systems.
astonishing transition.
botany and ecology.
crocodiles.
electroreception.
evolutionary adaptation.
magnetoreception.
mechanoreception.
natural sciences.
neurobiology.
penguins.
physiology.
seals.
sens organs.
sensory biology.
theory of evolution.
whales.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction: On Becoming Aquatic; Chemical Senses; Vision; Hearing; Balance; Mechanoreception; Magnetoreception and Electroreception; Index.

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