Evolution of the Vertebrate Auditory System
Published on 9. November 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVIII, 416 pages
978-0-387-21093-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book takes a comparative approach to the evolution of sensory cells in the auditory systems of vertebrates. The authors follow the adaptation of hearing capabilities in fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, exploring in depth the specific properties of auditory cells that allowed them to become sensitive to sound and capable of analyzing sounds into their respective frequency components.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XVIII, 416 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
663 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-387-21093-3 (9780387210933)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-8957-4
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Geoffrey A. Manley | Richard R. Fay
Evolution of the Vertebrate Auditory System
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09/2004
Springer
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Content
1 An Outline of the Evolution of Vertebrate HearingOrgans.- 2 Environmental Variables and the Fundamental Nature of Hearing.- 3 Evolution of Sensory Hair Cells.- 4 Parallel Evolution in Fish Hearing Organs.- 5 The Evolution of Single- and Multiple-Ossicle Ears in Fishes and Tetrapods.- 6 Evolution of the Amphibian Ear.- 7 The Lizard Basilar Papilla and Its Evolution.- 8 Hearing Organ Evolution and Specialization: Archosaurs.- 9 Hearing Organ Evolution and Specialization: Early and Later Mammals.- 10 The Evolution of Central Pathways and Their Neural Processing Patterns.- 11 Advances and Perspectives in the Study of the Evolution of the Vertebrate Auditory System.- Appendix: Useful Concepts from Circuit Theory.