Stretchy nerves are an essential component of the extreme feeding mechanism of rorqual whales

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2015, Pages R360-R361

  Vogl, A Wayne ^a   Lillie, Margo A ^a   Piscitelli, Marina A ^a   Goldbogen, Jeremy A ^b   Pyenson, Nicholas D ^c   Shadwick, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; MYSTICETI; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BALAENOPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BALAENOPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TONGUE;

EID: 84929658054     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.007     Document Type: Letter

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