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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...
Autores principales: | Coombs, Ellen J., Clavel, Julien, Park, Travis, Churchill, Morgan, Goswami, Anjali |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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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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