Timing of epiphyseal development in the flipper skeleton of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) as an indicator of paedomorphosis

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-82

  Galatius, Anders ^a   Andersen, Mai Britt Elin Rindom ^a   Haugan, Birgitte ^a   Langhoff, Heidi Elisabeth ^a   Jespersen, Åse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Flipper skeleton; Harbour porpoise; Paedomorphosis; Progenesis

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; PAEDOMORPHOSIS; PORPOISE; SKELETON;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 33645128414     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2006.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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