Aquatic adaptation and the evolution of smell and taste in whales

INTRODUCTION: While olfaction is one of the most important senses in most terrestrial mammals, it is absent in modern toothed whales (Odontoceti, Cetacea). Furthermore, behavioral evidence suggests that gustation is very limited. In contrast, their aquatic sistergroup, baleen whales (Mysticeti) reta...

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izdano v:Zoological Lett
Main Authors: Kishida, Takushi, Thewissen, JGM, Hayakawa, Takashi, Imai, Hiroo, Agata, Kiyokazu
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: BioMed Central 2015
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604112/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26605054
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-014-0002-z
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