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XXIV.—The Specialized Area of Skin Glands in Aotes Humboldt (Simiæ Platyrrhini)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

W. C. Osman Hill ,
H. M. Appleyard  and
L. Auber
W. C. Osman Hill
Affiliation:
Prosector, Zoological Society of London
H. M. Appleyard
Affiliation:
Biology Department, Wool Industries Research Association, Leeds.
L. Auber
Affiliation:
Biology Department, Wool Industries Research Association, Leeds.
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Synopsis

The scent-producing area of closely packed holocrine and apocrine skin-glands in Aotes has an atypical, caudal position. Whilst most of the holocrine glands open into hair follicles by ordinary short ducts, some of the ducts are elongated, opening either into follicles or on the skin surface. The holocrine and apocrine secretions, in conjunction with the peculiar splitting of individual hairs, cause felting of the pelage on the gland field. A peculiar structure of the hairs facilitates their splitting. Evolution and function of the gland field are discussed.

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , 1959 , pp. 535 - 551
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1959

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