Evolution of hyperphalangy and digit reduction in the cetacean manus

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 654-672

  Cooper, Lisa Noelle ^a,b   Berta, Annalisa ^c   Dawson, Susan D ^d   Reidenberg, Joy S ^e  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Digit loss; Flipper; Forelimb; Hyperphalangy; Tetradactyly; Whale

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CETACEA; DOLPHIN; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHALANX; PHYLOGENY; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; WHALE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CETACEA; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY;

CETACEA; GLOBICEPHALA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 34250687606     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20532     Document Type: Article

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