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High incidence of cervical ribs indicates vulnerable condition in Late Pleistocene woolly rhinoceroses
Mammals as a rule have seven cervical vertebrae, a number that remains remarkably constant. Changes of this number are associated with major congenital abnormalities (pleiotropic effects) that are, at least in humans, strongly selected against. Recently, it was found that Late Pleistocene mammoths (...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5580387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28875067 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3684 |