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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021

The Tongue in Three Species of Lemurs: Flower and Nectar Feeding Adaptations.

Juan Francisco Pastor, Magdalena Natalia Muchlinski, Josep Maria Potau, Aroa Casado, Yolanda García-Mesa, Jose Antonio Vega, Roberto Cabo

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Juan Francisco Pastor"Osteology and Compared Anatomy" Research Group, Departament of Anatomy and Radiology, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8371-5025
Magdalena Natalia MuchlinskiAnatomical Sciences & Education Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Josep Maria PotauUnit of Human Anatomy and Embryology, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3387-8760
Aroa CasadoUnit of Human Anatomy and Embryology, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9116-9167
Yolanda García-MesaSINPOS Research Group, Departament of Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1442-1095
Jose Antonio VegaSINPOS Research Group, Departament of Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1276-0018
Roberto Cabo"Osteology and Compared Anatomy" Research Group, Departament of Anatomy and Radiology, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4749-0137
Universidad de Oviedo · ESUniversidad de Valladolid · ESUniversitat de Barcelona · ESOregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mobility of the primate tongue allows for the manipulation of food, but, in addition, houses both general sensory afferents and special sensory end organs. Taste buds can be found across the tongue, but the ones found within the fungiform papillae on the anterior two thirds of the tongue are the first gustatory structures to come into contact with food, and are critical in making food ingestion decisions. Comparative studies of both the macro and micro anatomy in primates are sparse and incomplete, yet there is evidence that gustatory adaptation exists in several primate taxa. One is the distally feathered tongues observed in non-destructive nectar feeders, such as

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ChievitzcoevolutionecologyEulemur macacoLemur cattaMadagascarpapillaesublinguaVarecia variegatta

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PMID34679832
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