Wonky whales: the evolution of cranial asymmetry in cetaceans

BACKGROUND: Unlike most mammals, toothed whale (Odontoceti) skulls lack symmetry in the nasal and facial (nasofacial) region. This asymmetry is hypothesised to relate to echolocation, which may have evolved in the earliest diverging odontocetes. Early cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) such...

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Autores principales: Coombs, Ellen J., Clavel, Julien, Park, Travis, Churchill, Morgan, Goswami, Anjali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7350770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32646447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00805-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7350770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32646447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00805-4

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