Head morphology in perinatal dolphins: A window into phylogeny and ontogeny

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1295-1315

  Rauschmann, Michael A ^a   Huggenberger, Stefan ^a,b   Kossatz, Lars S ^a   Oelschläger, Helmut H A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative head morphology; Ontogenesis; Pantropical spotted dolphin; Phylogenesis; Stenella attenuata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOLPHIN; EAR; EYE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYLOGENY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOLPHINS; EAR; EYE; HEAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA; MONODON MONOCEROS; ODONTOCETI; STENELLA ATTENUATA;

EID: 33751244275     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10477     Document Type: Article

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