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Patterns of cetacean vaginal folds yield insights into functionality

Complex foldings of the vaginal wall are unique to some cetaceans and artiodactyls and are of unknown function(s). The patterns of vaginal length and cumulative vaginal fold length were assessed in relation to body length and to each other in a phylogenetic context to derive insights into functional...

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Autores principales: Orbach, Dara N., Marshall, Christopher D., Mesnick, Sarah L., Würsig, Bernd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5376333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28362830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175037