Discovery of a low frequency sound source in mysticeti (baleen whales): Anatomical establishment of a vocal fold homolog

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 745-759

  Reidenberg, Joy S ^a   Laitman, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cetacean; Communication; Larynx; Mysticete; Respiratory; Sound; Vocal; Whale

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CETACEA; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LARYNX; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOUND; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BALAENOPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; VOCAL CORDS;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 34250681036     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20544     Document Type: Article

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