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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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Ecological IndicatorsAcoustic properties of the underwater environment are important in maintaining biological processes of various marine organisms. However, with the increasing level of underwater noise in the global ocean, there is a growing need to better understand how ...
Yuen-Wa Ho +3 more
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Evidence for positive selection on the leptin gene in Cetacea and Pinnipedia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The leptin gene has received intensive attention and scientific investigation for its importance in energy homeostasis and reproductive regulation in mammals.
Li Yu +8 more
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The Singularity of Cetacea Behavior Parallels the Complete Inactivation of Melatonin Gene Modules
Genes, 2019 Melatonin, the hormone of darkness, is a peculiar molecule found in most living organisms. Emerging as a potent broad-spectrum antioxidant, melatonin was repurposed into extra roles such as the modulation of circadian and seasonal rhythmicity, affecting ...
M. Lopes-Marques +5 more
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Evolution of the Cetacea [PDF]
Nature, 1883 IN the lecture by Prof. Flower “On Whales, Past and Present, and their Probable Origin,” which appeared in your columns in June and July last, he contends for the evolution of these animals from the Ungulata, and points to the Zeuglodons of the older Tertiaries as predecessors of the Baltznoptera, and as representing an intermediate stage in such ...
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Geodiversitas, 2019 Mystacodon selenensis Lambert, Martínez-Cáceres, Bianucci, Di Celma, Salas-Gismondi, Steurbaut, Urbina & Muizon, 2017 is a toothed mysticete that represents the earliest member of the suborder in the current state of knowledge.
C. Muizon +3 more
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Whale Collections and Exhibitions at the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa (Italy)
HeritageThe Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa hosts the most important osteological collection of extant cetaceans in Italy as well as one of the most relevant all over Europe.
Simone Farina +5 more
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New sightings of the Southern right whales in West Antarctic Peninsula waters
Український антарктичний журнал, 2022 Southern right whales (SRW) in the southwest Atlantic are recognized as slowly recovering after the massive population decline induced by harvesting. SRWs spend summer months in high-latitude feeding grounds and migrate to mid-latitude wintering grounds ...
O. Savenko, A. Friedlaender
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Actualización de la lista de mamíferos silvestres del departamento de Córdoba, Colombia
Biota Colombiana, 2022 Córdoba es uno de los departamentos de la región Caribe colombiana con mayor atención en el estudio de los mamíferos, lo cual ha permitido ampliar el listado previo que incluía 117 especies.
Julio J. Chacón Pacheco +3 more
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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2020 Reduced numbers of carpal and tarsal bones (wrist and ankle joints) are extensively observed in the clade of Cetacea and Ruminantia (Cetruminantia). Homebox D11 (Hoxd11) is one of the important genes required for limb development in mammals. Mutations in
Jun Li +7 more
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