Vertebral anatomy in the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris: A developmental and evolutionary analysis

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 624-637

  Buchholtz, Emily A ^a   Booth, Amy C ^a   Webbink, Katherine E ^a,b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Dugong; Evolution; Lumbar; Manatee; Morphology; Sirenia; Trichechid; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DUGONG; EVOLUTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIRENIA; SKELETON; SKULL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DUGONG; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DUGONG DUGON; DUGONGIDAE; SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS; TRICHECHUS SENEGALENSIS;

EID: 34248375354     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20534     Document Type: Article

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