Fetal and early post-natal mineralization of the tympanic bulla in fin whales may reveal a hitherto undiscovered evolutionary trait

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Cozzi, Bruno ^a   Podestà, Michela ^b   Mazzariol, Sandro ^a   Zotti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Museum of Natural History of Milan   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; AUDITORY OSSICLE; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; BULLA TYMPANICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FIN WHALE; GENETIC TRAIT; MIDDLE EAR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; SKULL BASE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; FETUS; FIN WHALE; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; TEMPORAL BONE;

ARTIODACTYLA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BASILOSAURIDAE; BOVINAE; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; THERIA;

EID: 84861209131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037110     Document Type: Article

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