Evolution of the vertebrate auditory system /

The function of vertebrate hearing is served by a surprising variety of sensory structures in the different groups of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. This book discusses the origin, specialization, and functional properties of sensory hair cells, beginning with environmental constrai...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Manley, Geoffrey A., 1945-, Popper, Arthur N., Fay, Richard R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2004]
Series:Springer handbook of auditory research ; v. 22.
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Table of Contents:
  • An outline of the evolution of vertebrate hearing organs / Geoffrey A. Manley and Jennifer A. Clack
  • Environmental variables and the fundamental nature of hearing / Edwin R. Lewis and Richard R. Fay
  • Evolution of sensory hair cells / Allison Coffin ... [et al.]
  • Parallel evolution in fish hearing organs / Friedrich Ladich and Arthur N. Popper
  • The evolution of single- and multiple-ossicle ears in fishes and tetrapods / Jennifer A. Clack and Edgar Allin
  • Evolution of the amphibian ear / Michael Smotherman and Peter Narins
  • The lizard basilar papilla and its evolution / Geoffrey A. Manley
  • Hearing organ evolution and specialization : archosaurs / Otto Gleich ... [et al.]
  • Hearing organ evolution and specialization : early and later mammals / Marianne Vater, Jin Meng and Richard C. Fox
  • The evolution of central pathways and their neural processing patterns / Benedikt Grothe ... [et al.]
  • Advances and perspectives in the study of the evolution of the vertebrate auditory system / Geoffrey A. Manley
  • Appendix. Useful concepts from circuit theory / Edwin R. Lewis.