Evolution of the Vertebrate Auditory System

by Manley, Geoffrey A.; Popper, Arthur N.; Fay, Richard R.

• ISBN13: 9780387210896
• ISBN10: 038721089X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

The function of vertebrate hearing is served by a surprising variety of sensory structures in the different groups of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. This book discusses the origin, specialization, and functional properties of sensory hair cells, beginning with environmental constraints on acoustic systems and addressing in detail the evolutionary history behind modern structure and function in the vertebrate ear. Taking a comparative approach, chapters are devoted to each of the vertebrate groups, outlining the transition to land existence and the further parallel and independent adaptations of amniotic groups living in air. The volume explores in depth the specific properties of hair cells that allowed them to become sensitive to sound and capable of analyzing sounds into their respective frequency components. Evolution of the Vertebrate Auditory System is directed to a broad audience of biologists and clinicians, from the level of advanced undergraduate students to professionals interested in learning more about the evolution, structure, and function of the ear.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	vii
Volume Preface	ix
Contributors	xvii
An Outline of the Evolution of Vertebrate Hearing Organs	1	(26)
Geoffrey A. Manley
Jennifer A. Clack
Environmental Variables and the Fundamental Nature of Hearing	27	(28)
Edwin R. Lewis
Richard R. Fay
Evolution of Sensory Hair Cells	55	(40)
Allison Coffin
Matthew Kelley
Geoffrey A. Manley
Arthur N. Popper
Parallel Evolution in Fish Hearing Organs	95	(33)
Friedrich Ladich
Arthur N. Popper
The Evolution of Single- and Multiple-Ossicle Ears in Fishes and Tetrapods	128	(36)
Jennifer A. Clack
Edgar Allin
Evolution of the Amphibian Ear	164	(36)
Michael Smotherman
Peter Narins
The Lizard Basilar Papilla and Its Evolution	200	(24)
Geoffrey A. Manley
Hearing Organ Evolution and Specialization: Archosaurs	224	(32)
Otto Gleich
Franz Peter Fischer
Christine Koppl
Geoffrey A. Manley
Hearing Organ Evolution and Specialization: Early and Later Mammals	256	(33)
Marianne Vater
Jin Meng
Richard C. Fox
The Evolution of Central Pathways and Their Neural Processing Patterns	289	(71)
Benedikt Grothe
Catherine E. Carr
John H. Casseday
Bernd Fritzsch
Christine Koppl
Advances and Perspectives in the Study of the Evolution of the Vertebrate Auditory System	360	(9)
Geoffrey A. Manley
Appendix: Useful Concepts from Circuit Theory	369	(32)
Edwin R. Lewis
Index	401