Does the shape of forelimb long bones co-vary with grasping behaviour in strepsirrhine primates?
| Autor: | Anne-Claire Fabre, Louise Peckre, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Christine E. Wall |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Duke University, German Primate Center - Deutsches Primatenzentrum -- Leibniz Insitute for Primate Research -- [Göttingen, Allemagne] (GPC - DPZ), Adaptations et évolution des systèmes ostéomusculaires (AESO), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), University of Zurich, Fabre, Anne-Claire, Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Ecology Evolution [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] Anatomy Biology 10125 Paleontological Institute and Museum 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure 1105 Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 560 Fossils & prehistoric life Behavior and Systematics medicine Forelimb [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS |
| Zdroj: | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Linnean Society of London, 2019, 127 (3), pp.649-660. ⟨10.1093/biolinnean/bly188⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0024-4066 1095-8312 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/biolinnean/bly188⟩ |
| Popis: | Fine prehensile activities are often thought to have been associated with the evolution of the human hand. However, there has been no holistic approach establishing the link between the morphology of the forelimb and grasping ability in living primates. The present study investigated the possible relationships between grasping behaviour and the morphology of the forelimb in strepsirrhines in a phylogenetic context. To do so, grasping behaviour during feeding and the shape of the long bones of the forelimb were analysed for 22 species of strepsirrhines. The data obtained show that there is a phylogenetic signal in forelimb morphology in primates in relation to grasping behaviour, but also that there is a marked co-evolution between grasping behaviour and the shape of the humerus and radius. This latter finding suggests a functional association between grasping and forelimb shape, which in turn suggests that bone shape constrains or facilitates behaviour. This result may permit future inferences to be made regarding this behaviour in extinct species and deserves further examination in more detail. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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