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From crocodiles and penguins to seals and whales, this synthesis explores the function and evolution of sensory systems in animals whose ancestors lived on land. Together, the chapters explore the dramatic transformation of smell, taste, sight, hearing, balance, mechanoreception, magnetoreception, and electroreception that occurred as lineages of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals returned to aquatic environments. Each chapter integrates data from fields including sensory physiology, anatomy, paleontology, and neurobiology. A one-stop source for information on the sense organs of seconda ... More
Keywords: sensory evolution, aquatic vertebrates, sensory biology, sensory physiology, anatomy, paleontology, neurobiology, mechanoreception, magnetoreception, electoreception
Print publication date: 2008 | Print ISBN-13: 9780520252783 |
Published to California Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1525/california/9780520252783.001.0001 |
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