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已灭绝的塔斯马尼亚老虎的分类特定前脑细胞架构
Elizabeth Haines1,2, Evan Bailey1,2, John Nelson3
1School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.
概括
已经灭绝的虎头.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 古生物学的古生物学
背景情况:
- 泰拉辛 (塔斯马尼亚老虎) 是一个大型食肉的有袋动物,被迫灭绝.
- 它的狼般的外表表明进化趋同,但它的大脑结构仍然未知.
- 样本的稀缺性阻碍了比较的神经解剖学研究.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究猎大脑的神经解剖组织.
- 为了比较它的前脑细胞结构与现存的哺乳动物.
- 为了确定是否发生了与犬类的脑融合.
主要方法:
- 高分辨率的百年历史的鱼大脑组织学系列的数字化.
- 对皮质折叠,区域体积,细胞大小和密度进行了基因组学信息的比较分析.
- 与34种现存的单体动物, marsupials 和 eutherians 的物种进行比较.
主要成果:
- 猎大脑显示有袋动物,特别是Dasyuridae的特征,而不是犬类的融合.
- 扩大的嗅觉,边缘和新皮层区域表明小猎物掠食者/掠食者的生活方式.
- 脑部特征与原生学相聚,而头部/身体特征与生活方式相聚,表明非统一的特征趋同.
结论:
- 猎大脑的进化主要是由类遗传形成的,而不是生活方式驱动的与犬类的融合.
- 这项研究为未来的猎大脑研究提供了有价值的,可访问的数字资源.
- 鼓励分享和保护研究不足的生物标本.
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