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Cardiac design in lower vertebrates: what can phylogeny reveal about ontogeny?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3058499     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In very few instances can the cardiovascular systems of adult 'lower' vertebrates serve as direct models for development in 'higher' vertebrates, primarily because numerous evolutionary specializations for preferential distribution of cardiac output between systemic tissues and gas exchange organs occur in the highly derived circulation of most extant lower vertebrates. Yet, the extensive literature on the cardiovascular anatomy and physiology of aquatic and air breathing fishes, amphibians and reptiles offers important conceptual insights into both patterns and mechanisms of development in birds and mammals. The primary contribution of such studies to the student of developing bird and mammal circulations is the clear demonstration that surprisingly complex hemodynamic function can develop from supposedly 'simple' cardiovascular systems typified by incompletely divided heart chambers. Thus, the hemodynamics of embryonic bird and mammal circulations should be determined by measurement, rather than inferred from structure.
Authors:
W W Burggren
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Experientia     Volume:  44     ISSN:  0014-4754     ISO Abbreviation:  Experientia     Publication Date:  1988 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-01-23     Completed Date:  1989-01-23     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0376547     Medline TA:  Experientia     Country:  SWITZERLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  919-30     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003-0027.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amphibians* / anatomy & histology,  embryology,  physiology
Animals
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Cardiovascular System / anatomy & histology
Fishes* / anatomy & histology,  embryology,  physiology
Heart* / anatomy & histology,  embryology,  physiology
Phylogeny*
Reptiles* / anatomy & histology,  embryology,  physiology

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