鳥の歌:超高速の筋肉が鳩のトリルをコントロールする
Coen P H Elemans1, Igor L Y Spierts, Ulrike K Müller
1Experimental Zoology Group, Wageningen University, 6709 PG Wageningen, The Netherlands. coen.elemans@wur.nl
Nature
|September 10, 2004
まとめ
鳩は超高速の筋肉を使ってシリンキスを制御し,鳥の歌の中で迅速な発声を行います. これらの新たに特定された筋肉は,知られている脊椎動物の最も速い筋肉の1つであり,歌う鳥の声調制御に共通している可能性があります.
科学分野:
- 動物学 動物学
- バイオアコースティクス バイオアコースティクス
- 筋肉生理学 筋肉生理学
背景:
- 鳥の歌には,しばしば,正確な声の制御を必要とする急速なトリルがある.
- シリンキス (Syrinx) は,鳥の独特の声器であり,音の生産を担当しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 鳥の歌の急速な発声の背後にある筋肉のメカニズムを調査する.
- 鳩のシリンキスを制御する特定の筋肉を特定するために.
主な方法:
- エレクトロミオグラフィは,発声中の筋肉の活動を記録します.
- 筋肉の収縮とシリンキスの動きを相関させる高速ビデオ分析.
- シリンクスの筋肉の組織学的分析.
主要な成果:
- 鳩は,シリンキスを制御するために超高速の筋肉を働かせます.
- これらの筋肉は,特殊な音響器官の収縮速度に匹敵する収縮速度を示します.
- 特定された筋肉は,記録されている最も速い脊椎動物の筋肉の1つです.
結論:
- 超高速の筋肉は,鳥の歌の特徴である急速な発声を生成するために不可欠です.
- これらの筋肉は,様々な鳥種の間で声の制御のための広範な適応である可能性があります.
- 更に研究が進めば,これらの筋肉が他の声を発する脊椎動物にも存在する可能性が明らかになる.
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