Origin and evolution of large brains in toothed whales

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 281, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1247-1255

  Marino, Lori ^a   Mcshea, Daniel W ^b   Uhen, Mark D ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cranbrook Institute of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Encephalization; Odontocetes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN SIZE; CETACEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; EOCENE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCENE; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CETACEA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOOTH;

ARCHAEOCETI; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINAPTERUS; MAMMALIA; MONODON; ODONTOCETI; PHOCOENIDAE; SKENEA;

EID: 10044254327     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20128     Document Type: Article

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