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Profound seasonal shrinking and regrowth of the ossified braincase in phylogenetically distant mammals with similar life histories
Ontogenetic changes in skull shape and size are ubiquitous in altricial vertebrates, but typically unidirectional and minimal in full-grown animals. Red-toothed shrews exhibit a rare exception, where the shape, mass and size of the skull, brain, and several major organs, show significant bidirection...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304206/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28211896 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42443 |