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A critical survey of vestigial structures in the postcranial skeletons of extant mammals
In the Mammalia, vestigial skeletal structures abound but have not previously been the focus of study, with a few exceptions (e.g., whale pelves). Here we use a phylogenetic bracketing approach to identify vestigial structures in mammalian postcranial skeletons and present a descriptive survey of su...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4662599/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26623192 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1439 |