Bone density distribution patterns in the rostrum of delphinids and beaked whales: Evidence of family-specific evolutive traits

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-242

  Cozzi, Bruno ^a   Panin, Mattia ^a   Butti, Camilla ^a   Podestà, Michela ^b   Zotti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Natural History Museum of Milan   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone density; DXA; Facial bones; Toothed whales

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BEAK; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHINIDAE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; FACIAL BONE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSTRUM; SPECIES COMPARISON; WHALE; ZIPHIIDAE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; CARTILAGE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOLPHINS; EVOLUTION; FACIAL BONES; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WHALES;

DELPHINIDAE; ODONTOCETI; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 76149113231     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21044     Document Type: Article

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