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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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Autores principales: van der Geer, Alexandra A.E., Galis, Frietson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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