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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...
Autores principales: | George, John C., Stimmelmayr, Raphaela, Suydam, Robert, Usip, Sharon, Givens, Geof, Sformo, Todd, Thewissen, J. G. M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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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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