Heterochronic maturation of anatomical plugs for protecting the airway in rorqual whales (Balaenopteridae) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Recently, a unique mechanism for protecting the airway during lunge feeding was discovered in rorqual whales (Balaenopteridae). This mechanism is based on an oral plug structure in the soft palate with similarities in musculo-fatty composition to the ...
Henrik Lauridsen +2 more
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The genome sequence of the fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Artiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from an individual male Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale; Chordata; Mammalia; Artiodactyla; Balaenopteridae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 3 442.54 megabases and 2 850.21 megabases.
Nicholas J. Davison, Phillip A. Morin
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The genome sequence of the minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from an individual female Balaenoptera acutorostrata (the minke whale; Chordata; Mammalia; Artiodactyla; Balaenopteridae). The genome sequence has a total length of 2,772.90 megabases.
Nicholas J. Davison +2 more
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The European Zoological Journal, 2022 The fin whale Balaenoptera physalus is a large rorqual species occurring worldwide, mainly in temperate and subpolar zones. In contrast to many baleen whales, not all the fin whale populations show the same model of migration.
Nicola Maio +2 more
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A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Southern North Sea Basin and the evolution of balaenopterid diversity (Cetacea, Mysticeti) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Balaenopterid mysticetes represent the most successful family-rank group of this clade. Their evolutionary history is characterized by a rich fossil record but the origin of the living genera is still largely not understood. Recent discoveries
Michelangelo Bisconti +2 more
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Marine mammal skin microbiotas are influenced by host phylogeny [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Skin-associated microorganisms have been shown to play a role in immune function and disease of humans, but are understudied in marine mammals, a diverse animal group that serve as sentinels of ocean health.
Amy Apprill +10 more
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Patterns of cetacean sighting distribution in the Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone of Costa Rica based on data collected from 1979-2001 [PDF]
Revista de Biología Tropical, 2005 Nineteen species of cetaceans (families Balaenopteridae, Kogiidae, Physeteridae, Ziphiidae and Delphinidae) occur in the Costa Rican Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Laura May-Collado +4 more
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A new species of rorqual whale (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae) from the Late Miocene of the Southern North Sea Basin and the role of the North Atlantic in the paleobiogeography of Archaebalaenoptera [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background The rich fossil record of rorqual and humpback whales (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae) is mainly characterized by monotypic genera since genera including more than one species are extremely rare.
Michelangelo Bisconti +4 more
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Taphonomy of a Mysticeti whale in the Lower Pliocene Huelva Sands Formation (Southern Spain) [PDF]
Geologica Acta, 2009 This paper reports the occurrence of an incomplete fossil baleen whale skeleton in the Lower Pliocene Huelva Sands Formation (Guadalquivir basin) near the town of Bonares, southwestern Spain.
R. ESPERANTE +2 more
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Norrisanima miocaena, a new generic name and redescription of a stem balaenopteroid mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Rorqual whales are among the most species rich group of baleen whales (or mysticetes) alive today, yet the monophyly of the traditional grouping (i.e., Balaenopteridae) remains unclear.
Matthew S. Leslie +2 more
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