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Phylogenetic review of tonal sound production in whales in relation to sociality

BACKGROUND: It is widely held that in toothed whales, high frequency tonal sounds called 'whistles' evolved in association with 'sociality' because in delphinids they are used in a social context. Recently, whistles were hypothesized to be an evolutionary innovation of social dol...

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Autores principales: May-Collado, Laura J, Agnarsson, Ingi, Wartzok, Douglas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2000896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17692128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-136