Project Gutenberg 2010-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 175 Merz, Robert L. 64063132 Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves Reading ease score: 55.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves" by Robert L. Merz is a scientific publication written in the early 1960s. The book focuses on the anatomical study of the jaw musculature in two species of doves, the Mourning Dove ("Zenaidura macroura") and the White-winged Dove ("Zenaida asiatica"). It aims to contribute to the understanding of the evolutionary relationships between these species by analyzing their musculature and cranial structures. The publication provides a detailed examination of the jaw muscles of the selected doves, comparing their anatomical structures and functions. Merz dissects and measures specimens to highlight similarities and differences in jaw musculature that may indicate evolutionary relationships. The findings reveal that while there are slight variations, especially in the size of certain muscles like the "M. pseudotemporalis profundus", both species exhibit a general homogeneity in their anatomical features. The study also suggests that the differences in jaw musculature may correlate to differences in feeding habits, such as the White-winged Dove's adaptation for nectar-feeding, hinting at deeper evolutionary connections between the genera. This work concludes by advocating for the potential reclassification of the Mourning Dove within the genus "Zenaida", based on the anatomical and functional similarities identified. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mourning dove White-winged dove Birds -- Anatomy QH Text Animal Animals-Wild-Birds Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 96377 96368 2024-10-13T13:48:50.842867 2023-09-14T06:52:49.183446 text/html text/html 92506 2021-01-06T11:40:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 982073 2021-01-06T11:40:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1085921 2024-10-13T13:49:00.272805 application/epub+zip 1085484 2024-10-13T13:48:55.947849 application/epub+zip 95400 2024-10-13T13:48:53.476851 application/epub+zip 1350145 2024-10-13T13:49:02.482827 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1333912 2024-10-13T13:48:58.290821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 106502 2022-09-14T15:59:41.288980 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75942 75818 2024-10-13T13:48:50.358863 2023-09-14T06:52:48.845438 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 75762 2021-01-06T11:40:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 25674 2021-01-06T11:40:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 75757 2021-01-06T11:40:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25657 2021-01-06T11:40:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21984 2024-10-13T13:49:02.782796 application/rdf+xml 21976 2024-10-13T13:48:54.038847 image/jpeg 4368 2024-10-13T13:48:53.757972 image/jpeg 1084997 2024-10-13T13:48:50.880869 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog