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Functional Consequences of Morphological Trends in the Evolution of Lizard Hearing Organs

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The hearing organ of modern terrestrial amniotic vertebrates shows a fascinating diversity of structure. The morphological patterns of the lizard basilar papilla show greater differences between families and even within families than those in any other vertebrate groups (Chapter 23 by Miller). This, of course, raises the question of the functional consequences of morphological variations and of the clues they might provide to the selection pressures that have led to the diversity seen today. In this chapter, we will try to outline the differences and similarities in the physiology of the diverse hearing organs studied and infer correlations between structure and function which might be related to the selection pressures underlying the evolution of such great diversity.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

    Douglas B. Webster

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

  3. Parmly Hearing Institute and Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60626, USA

    Richard R. Fay

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Köppl, C., Manley, G.A. (1992). Functional Consequences of Morphological Trends in the Evolution of Lizard Hearing Organs. In: Webster, D.B., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (eds) The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2784-7_31

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