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- Evolution and Development of Fishes
- Evolution and Development of Fishes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of Fishes through Geological Time
- 2 Comparative Development of Cyclostomes
- 3 The Ordovician Enigma
- 4 The Evolution of Vertebrate Dermal Jaw Bones in the Light of Maxillate Placoderms
- 5 Doliodus and Pucapampellids
- 6 The Evolution of Endoskeletal Mineralisation in Chondrichthyan Fish
- 7 Plasticity and Variation of Skeletal Cells and Tissues and the Evolutionary Development of Actinopterygian Fishes
- 8 Origin, Development and Evolution of the Fish Skull
- 9 Evolution, Development and Regeneration of Fish Dentitions
- 10 Development of Head Muscles in Fishes and Notes on Phylogeny-Ontogeny Links
- 11 Evolutionary Development of the Postcranial and Appendicular Skeleton in Fishes
- 12 Evolution of Vertebrate Reproduction
- 13 Links between Thyroid Hormone Alterations and Developmental Changes in the Evolution of the Weberian Apparatus
- 14 Pharyngeal Remodelling in Vertebrate Evolution
- 15 Evolution of Air Breathing and Lung Distribution among Fossil Fishes
- Index
- References
13 - Links between Thyroid Hormone Alterations and Developmental Changes in the Evolution of the Weberian Apparatus
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 December 2018
- Evolution and Development of Fishes
- Evolution and Development of Fishes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of Fishes through Geological Time
- 2 Comparative Development of Cyclostomes
- 3 The Ordovician Enigma
- 4 The Evolution of Vertebrate Dermal Jaw Bones in the Light of Maxillate Placoderms
- 5 Doliodus and Pucapampellids
- 6 The Evolution of Endoskeletal Mineralisation in Chondrichthyan Fish
- 7 Plasticity and Variation of Skeletal Cells and Tissues and the Evolutionary Development of Actinopterygian Fishes
- 8 Origin, Development and Evolution of the Fish Skull
- 9 Evolution, Development and Regeneration of Fish Dentitions
- 10 Development of Head Muscles in Fishes and Notes on Phylogeny-Ontogeny Links
- 11 Evolutionary Development of the Postcranial and Appendicular Skeleton in Fishes
- 12 Evolution of Vertebrate Reproduction
- 13 Links between Thyroid Hormone Alterations and Developmental Changes in the Evolution of the Weberian Apparatus
- 14 Pharyngeal Remodelling in Vertebrate Evolution
- 15 Evolution of Air Breathing and Lung Distribution among Fossil Fishes
- Index
- References
Summary
The Weberian apparatus (WA), a structure consisting of the greatly modified four anteriormost vertebral elements, enhances the hearing in Otophysi. Since WA is one of the most spectacular examples of vertebral column transformation and regionalization, the mechanisms underpinning WA origin and evolution have received considerable attention. A number of hypotheses exist, but a consensus has not been reached, primarily due to the relative paucity of experimental data. One of the most plausible propositions concerning the leading role of specific developmental changes in WA evolution, likely constituting differences in gene expression, was offered by Bird and Hernandez (2009). Here, we provide an analysis of developmental and morphological data obtained from experiments with cyprinids, in which developmental deviations were caused by induced hypo- and hyperthyroidism. The synthesis of our results with morphological and developmental data obtained in different teleosts empirically demonstrates the involvement of different developmental changes in WA evolution. Moreover, our results emphasize the potential role of thyroid signaling pathway in bony fish (Osteichthyes) evolution, including the origin of various types of morphological novelties.
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- Evolution and Development of Fishes , pp. 227 - 240Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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