Severe Bone Loss as Part of the Life History Strategy of Bowhead Whales

The evolution of baleen constituted a major evolutionary change that made it possible for baleen whales to reach enormous body sizes while filter feeding on tiny organisms and migrating over tremendous distances. Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) live in the Arctic where the annual cycle of increa...

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Autores principales: George, John C., Stimmelmayr, Raphaela, Suydam, Robert, Usip, Sharon, Givens, Geof, Sformo, Todd, Thewissen, J. G. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27333180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156753

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27333180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156753

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