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Alveoli, teeth, and tooth loss: Understanding the homology of internal mandibular structures in mysticete cetaceans
The evolution of filter feeding in baleen whales (Mysticeti) facilitated a wide range of ecological diversity and extreme gigantism. The innovation of filter feeding evolved in a shift from a mineralized upper and lower dentition in stem mysticetes to keratinous baleen plates that hang only from the...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5438151/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28542468 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178243 |