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The order of Cetacea with 88 species including Odontoceti (or toothed whales) and Mysticeti (or baleen whales) is the most specialized and diversified group of mammals. ...This present review is focused on the description and significance of newly accessible cetacean
The order of Cetacea with 88 species including Odontoceti (or toothed whales) and Mysticeti (or baleen whales) is the most specialize …
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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] PMID: 30737886 Free article.
Defining telescoping in this way draws attention to many specific biological questions that are raised by the unusual anatomy of cetacean skulls; highlights the central role of sutures as the locus for changes in the sizes, shapes, mechanical properties, and connect …
Defining telescoping in this way draws attention to many specific biological questions that are raised by the unusual anatomy of c
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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] PMID: 35537454 Free article.
The evolution of cetaceans (whales and dolphins) represents one of the most extreme adaptive transitions known, from terrestrial mammals to a highly specialized aquatic radiation that includes the largest animals alive today. ...This diversity was obtained through t …
The evolution of cetaceans (whales and dolphins) represents one of the most extreme adaptive transitions known, from terrestri …
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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] PMID: 35609540 Free article.
Cetaceans (comprising whales, dolphins and porpoises) adapted towards a fully aquatic lifestyle. These adaptations are especially evident in their skulls. Based on a rich sample of fossil and extant cetacean skulls, a new study identifies links between shape changes
Cetaceans (comprising whales, dolphins and porpoises) adapted towards a fully aquatic lifestyle. These adaptations are especially evi
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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] PMID: 25312374 Free article.
The cetacean nose presents a unique suite of anatomical modifications. ...Concomitant with these anatomical changes are functional changes including the evolution of echolocation in odontocetes, and reduction of olfaction in Neoceti (crown odontocetes and mysticetes …
The cetacean nose presents a unique suite of anatomical modifications. ...Concomitant with these anatomical changes are functional ch …
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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] PMID: 16573845
This review examines aspects of cetacean brain structure related to behaviour and evolution. Major considerations include cetacean brain-body allometry, structure of the cerebral cortex, the hippocampal formation, specialisations of the cetacean brain …
This review examines aspects of cetacean brain structure related to behaviour and evolution. Major considerations include c
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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] PMID: 37183892
Skulls of living whales and dolphins (cetaceans) are telescoped-bones of the skull roof are overlapped by expanded facial bones and/or anteriorly extended occipital bones. Evolution of the underlying skull roof (calvarium), which lies between the telescoped regions, …
Skulls of living whales and dolphins (cetaceans) are telescoped-bones of the skull roof are overlapped by expanded facial bones and/o …
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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] PMID: 34546007 Free article.
Studies surrounding the evolution of sensory system anatomy in cetaceans over the last ~100 years have shed light on aspects of the early evolution of hearing sensitivities, the small relative size of the organ of balance (semicircular canals and vestibule), …
Studies surrounding the evolution of sensory system anatomy in cetaceans over the last ~100 years have shed light on aspects o …
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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] PMID: 31651232 Free article.
The increasing number of cetaceans with whole-genome sequences available may shed light on the mechanism underlying bone microstructure evolution as a result of land to water transitions. ...We found that: 1) Genes involved in osteoclast function are under accelerat …
The increasing number of cetaceans with whole-genome sequences available may shed light on the mechanism underlying bone microstructu …
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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] PMID: 24794916
This shift from terrestrial to aquatic environments is arguably the best-understood major morphological transition in vertebrate evolution. The ancestral body plan and physiology were extensively modified and, in many cases, these crucial changes are recorded in cetacea
This shift from terrestrial to aquatic environments is arguably the best-understood major morphological transition in vertebrate evolutio
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