The trouble with flippers: A report on the prevalence of digital anomalies in Cetacea

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 722-735

  Cooper, Lisa Noelle ^a,b   Dawson, Susan D ^c  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flipper; Forelimb; Hyperphalangy; Polydactyly; Polyphalangy

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 62249223604     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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