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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Published in:BMC Biol
Main Authors: Coombs, Ellen J., Clavel, Julien, Park, Travis, Churchill, Morgan, Goswami, Anjali
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7350770/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32646447
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00805-4
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