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Accelerated evolution and diversifying selection drove the adaptation of cetacean bone microstructure

BACKGROUND: The transition from land to sea by the ancestor of cetaceans approximately 50 million years ago was an incredible evolutionary event that led to a series of morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations. During this transition, bone microstructure evolved from the typical terr...

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Autores principales: Sun, Di, Zhou, Xuming, Yu, Zhenpeng, Xu, Shixia, Seim, Inge, Yang, Guang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6813995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31651232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1509-x

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