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The International Whaling Commission – Beyond Whaling
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 Since its establishment in 1946 as the international body intended to manage whaling, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has expanded its areas of interest to ensure the wider conservation of whales.
Andrew John Wright +2 more
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Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 1992 <strong>Abstract</strong> Two sightings of Common dolphin <em>Delphinus delphis</em> in the Channel of Otranto are reported, and the status of this species in the Mediterranean Sea is briefly discussed.
Francesco Maria Angelici, Luca Marini
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Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Cortical Evolution in Mammals
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 The remarkable sensory, motor, and cognitive abilities of mammals mainly depend on the neocortex. Thus, the emergence of the six-layered neocortex in reptilian ancestors of mammals constitutes a fundamental evolutionary landmark.
Lucía Florencia Franchini
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Are white-beaked dolphins Lagenorhynchus albirostris food specialst? Their diet in the southern North Sea [PDF]
, 2010 The white-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris is the most numerous cetacean after the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena in the North Sea, including Dutch coastal waters.
Jansen, O.E. +3 more
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Mammalogy Notes, 2023 En la Amazonía ecuatoriana, la contaminación, el aumento del tráfico fluvial y las capturas afectan a las poblaciones de delfines rosados. La mayoría de estudios de esta especie proceden del nororiente del país, mientras que se desconoce su situación ...
Ivan Jácome-Negrete +1 more
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Theriologia Ukrainica, 2020 Piebaldism is one of three types of hypopigmentation of animals, when some areas on the skin have no pigments. Anomalously white cetaceans are rare, although they have been reported in more than 20 different cetacean species, including the common ...
Oksana Savenko
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Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2013 Cetaceans have a long history of commitment to a fully aquatic lifestyle that extends back to the Eocene. Extant species have evolved a spectacular array of adaptations in conjunction with their deployment into a diverse array of aquatic habitats ...
Robert W Meredith +4 more
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The Cetacea of the Suffolk Crag [PDF]
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 1887 The fossil Cetacea of the Suffolk Crag have already formed the subject of several memoirs and papers, although no complete treatise has as yet appeared on the whole group. Of the more important memoirs the earliest is one by the late Prof.
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Diversity of late Neogene Monachinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the North Atlantic, with the description of two new species [PDF]
, 2018 While the diversity of 'southern seals', or Monachinae, in the North Atlantic realm is currently limited to the Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, their diversity was much higher during the late Miocene and Pliocene.
Dewaele, Leonard +3 more
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Sexual selection of protamine 1 in mammals [PDF]
, 2015 Protamines have a crucial role in male fertility. They are involved in sperm chromatin packaging and influence the shape of the sperm head and, hence, are important for sperm performance.
Lüke, Lena +2 more
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