Vertebrate Zoology

Special Issue – Virtual Issue 2019/2020

TOPICAL VIRTUAL ISSUE
on Recent Advances in Chondrocranium Research, Guest Editor: Ingmar Werneburg
The following published papers are available online.

Editorial

Werneburg, I.
Editorial to the Special Issue (Virtual Issue) 2019/2020
Recent Advances in Chondrocranium Research

DOI: 10.26049/VZ-69-70-Special-Issue

 

A) From genes to structures

SCHMIDT, J., SCHUFF, M., NAUMANN, B. & L. OLSSON
FoxN3 knock-down alters spatio-temporal expression patterns of genes involved in cranial cartilage and muscle development in the African clawed-frog Xenopus laevis
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-14

LUKAS, P., SCHMIDT, J. & L. OLSSON
Knockdown of zax in Xenopus laevis leads to craniofacial malformations and the absence of the intramandibular joint.
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-1-2020-02

 

B) Cartilage differentiation

FERNANDEZ BLANCO, M. V., & L. M. WITMER
A clearing-and-staining procedure for the study of the chondrocranium and other aspects of skeletal development in crocodilian embryos
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-13

KLINGER-STROBEL, M., OLSSON, L., GLAW, F. & H. MÜLLER
Development of the skeleton in the dwarf clawed frog Pseudhymenochirus merlini (Amphibia: Anura: Pipidae)
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-12

YARYHIN, O.& I. WERNEBURG
The origin of orbitotemporal diversity in lepidosaurs: insights from tuatara chondrocranial anatomy.
DOI: 10.26049/VZ69-2-2019-04

PITIRRI, M. K., KAWASAKI, K. & J. T. RICHTSMEIER
It takes two: Building the vertebrate skull from chondrocranium and dermatocranium
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-4-2020-04

 

C) Cranial kinesis and biomechanics

WERNEBURG, I. & W. MAIER
Diverging development of akinetic skulls in cryptodire and pleurodire turtles: an ontogenetic and phylogenetic study.
DOI: 10.26049/VZ69-2-2019-01

JONES, M. E. H., GRÖNING, F., ASPDEN, R. M., DUTEL,
H., SHARP, A. MOAZEN, M., FAGAN, M. F. & S. E. EVANS
The biomechanical role of the chondrocranium and the material properties of cartilage
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-4-2020-10

WILKEN, A. T., SELLERS, K. C., COST, I. N., ROZIN, R.E., MIDDLETON, K. M. &
C. M. HOLLIDAY
Connecting the chondrocranium: Biomechanics of the suspensorium in reptiles
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-02

ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE, C., PIRO, A. & M. A. SOSA
The mandibulosphenoidal joint in penguins, albatrosses, and petrels: comparative anatomy and functional implications
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-01

 

D) Transition to adulthood

RUF, I.
Ontogenetic transformations of the ethmoidal region in Muroidea (Rodentia, Mammalia): new insights from perinatal stages
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-10

RUF, I., BEHRENS, H. & U. ZELLER
Ontogeny and morphofunctional implications of the ethmoidal region in the semiaquatic Potamogale velox (Afrotheria, Mammalia)
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-4-2020-09

MAIER, W.
A neglected part of the mammalian skull: The outer nasal cartilages as progressive remnants of the chondrocranium
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-09

 

E) Reaching adult anatomy

HÜPPI, E., NÚÑEZ-LEÓN, D., NAGASHIMA, H. & M. R. SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA
Development of the chondrocranium in the domesticated fowl (Gallus gallus f. domestica), with a study on the variation of the of hypoglossal foramina.
DOI: 10.26049/VZ69-3-2019-03

MAYR, G.
The otic region of the skull of neognathous birds: on the homology and comparative morphology of some neurovascular and muscular foramina and other external skeletal structures.
DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-1-2020-05