Clawed forelimbs allow northern seals to eat like their ancient ancestors

Streamlined flippers are often considered the defining feature of seals and sea lions, whose very name ‘pinniped’ comes from the Latin pinna and pedis, meaning ‘fin-footed’. Yet not all pinniped limbs are alike. Whereas otariids (fur seals and sea lions) possess stiff streamlined forelimb flippers,...

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Autores principales: Hocking, David P., Marx, Felix G., Sattler, Renae, Harris, Robert N., Pollock, Tahlia I., Sorrell, Karina J., Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., McCurry, Matthew R., Evans, Alistair R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2018
Materias:
Biology (Whole Organism)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29765684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172393

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29765684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172393

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