Browsing by Author/Contributor "Ravosa, Matthew J."
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Adaptations to tree-gouging in the anterior masticatory apparatus of marmosets (callithrix) [abstract]
Hogg, Russell; Ravosa, Matthew J.; Vinyard, Christopher J.; Ryan, Timothy M. (2010-02)Although all genera of Callitrichinae engage in exudativory to some degree, marmosets (Callithrix, Cebuella) take advantage of exudates to the greatest extent. To facilitate exudate feeding, marmosets use their anterior ... -
Development and function of the mandibular symphysis in mammals [abstract]
Anderson, Christina; Ning, Jie; Stack, M. Sharon, 1959- (2010)The mandibular symphysis is the midsagittal articulation between left and right dentaries that is the third jaw joint of the mammalian feeding complex. There is remarkable evolutionary diversity in symphyseal anatomy that ... -
Ecomorphological implications of primate dietary variability: an experimental model
Menegaz, Rachel A., 1985- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The evolution and function of the mammalian skull and feeding apparatus is intimately related to the mechanical demands imposed by food items. The diets of wild species are often seasonal and thus individuals may experience ... -
Grasping pressures and phalangeal curvature in primates : an experimental in vivo approach
Congdon, Kimberly A. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Phalangeal curvature is often used to infer arboreal locomotion in fossil primate species. This is based off an hypothesis of plasticity linked to a loading model that suggests that, when flexed during grasping, a curved ... -
Interspecific and ontogenetic variation in great ape pedal phalangeal curvature [abstract]
Congdon, Kimberly A. (2010)Considerable attention has been devoted to understanding phalangeal curvature in primates, particularly with regard to hominid locomotor evolution. It is received wisdom that phalangeal curvature is an adaptation for ... -
Masticatory loading and soft-tissue plasticity in the mammalian circumorbital region
Jasarevic, Eldin; Ning, Jie; Menegaz, Rachel; Miller, Douglas C.; Stack, M. Sharon, 1959-; Ravosa, Matthew J. (University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)Masticatory loading is the key to understanding the plasticity or epigenetic responses of many of the soft and hard tissues of the mammalian skull. Diet-induced variation in the magnitude and/or frequency of masticatory ... -
Metabolic rhythms in haplorhine and strepsirrhine primates [abstract]
Hogg, Russell; Godfrey, Laurie R.; Schwartz, Gary T.; Bromage, Timothy G. (2010)Microstructural evidence from teeth and bone has recently been used to support the hypothesis that growth, metabolism, and reproduction - i.e., life history - are centrally regulated by a neuroendocrine rhythm known as the ...