Element homology and the evolution of dental formulae in megachiropteran bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) ; American Museum novitates, no. 3559

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dc.contributor.authorGiannini, Norberto P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSimmons, Nancy B.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-03-23T16:22:56Z
dc.date.available2007-03-23T16:22:56Z
dc.date.issued2007en_US
dc.description27 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 26-27).en_US
dc.description.abstractVariation in dental formulae observed in megachiropteran bats poses element homology problems. Identity of individual teeth has been controversial, with authors differing in their assessment of individual tooth homology, particularly with respect to incisors and premolars, in several taxa. Also, newly described taxa exhibit dental formulae whose implications for tooth homology have been little discussed. We compared crown morphology, tooth replacement, and dental anomalies in representatives of all megachiropteran genera. Our observations confirm the generalized megachiropteran dental formula (34 teeth represented by I1, I2, C, P1, P3, P4, M1, M2, i1, i2, c, p1, p3, p4, m1, m2, and m3) and establishes the homology of each tooth in most megachiropteran taxa in which reduction in tooth number has taken place. Some of our conclusions confirm presumed homologies postulated by previous authors, but in other cases new homology assignments are proposed. Uncorroborated assignments are reduced to just two taxa, Harpyionycteris and Nyctimeninae, both of which remain problematic with respect to homologies of the incisor dentition. Mapping tooth presence/absence on previously published phylogenetic trees reveals modest levels of ambiguity and homoplasy in patterns of tooth reduction in Pteropodidae, and indicates that reversals involving the reappearance of an ancestrally lost tooth may have taken place. Our results are consistent with dental field theory, which explains both reversals and anomalies as a regulatory variation that does not affect element homology because the latter is supported by structural genes.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5849
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates, no. 3559en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3559, 2007en_US
dc.subject.lcshPteropodidae -- Anatomy.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPteropodidae -- Evolution.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTeeth.en_US
dc.subject.lcshDentition.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHomology (Biology)en_US
dc.subject.lcshBats, Fossil.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBats -- Anatomy.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBats -- Evolution.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBats -- Phylogeny.en_US
dc.titleElement homology and the evolution of dental formulae in megachiropteran bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) ; American Museum novitates, no. 3559en_US
dc.title.alternativeDental formulae in megabatsen_US
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