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Radiographic assessment of pectoral flipper bone maturation in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), as a novel technique to accurately estimate chronological age

Accurate age estimation in wildlife conservation is an important diagnostic tool in the interpretation of biological data, necropsy examination, reproductive status and population demographics. The most frequently utilized methods to age bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) include tooth extract...

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Autores principales: Barratclough, Ashley, Sanz-Requena, Roberto, Marti-Bonmati, Luis, Schmitt, Todd L., Jensen, Eric, García-Párraga, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6762177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31557197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222722