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Morphological variation of the relictual alveolar structures in the mandibles of baleen whales

Living baleen whales (mysticetes) are bulk filter feeders that use keratinous baleen plates to filter food from prey laden water. Extant mysticetes are born entirely edentulous, though they possess tooth buds early in ontogeny, a trait inherited from toothed ancestors. The mandibles of extant baleen...

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Autores principales: Peredo, Carlos Mauricio, Pyenson, Nicholas D.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8327965/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34395101
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11890
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