Amazon River dolphin love fetishes: From folklore to molecular forensics

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 969-978

  Gravena, Waleska ^a   Hrbek, Tomas ^a,b   Da Silva, Vera M F ^c   Farias, Izeni P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DATA SET; DNA; DOLPHIN; EYE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

INIA GEOFFRENSIS;

EID: 54349123392     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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