Erratum: Comparative anatomy of the bony labyrinth (Inner Ear) of placental mammals(PLoS ONE (2013) 8:6 (e66624) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066624);Comparative Anatomy of the Bony Labyrinth (Inner Ear) of Placental Mammals

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Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Ekdale, Eric G ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CETACEA; COCHLEA; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; RABBIT; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL;

CARNIVORA; CAVIOMORPHA; CETACEA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EAR, INNER; MAMMALS;

EID: 84879262577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137149     Document Type: Erratum

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