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Whale phylogeny and rapid radiation events revealed using novel retroposed elements and their flanking sequences

open access: yesBMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011
Background A diversity of hypotheses have been proposed based on both morphological and molecular data to reveal phylogenetic relationships within the order Cetacea (dolphins, porpoises, and whales), and great progress has been made in the past two ...
Zhou Kaiya   +3 more
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Revised taxonomy of eastern North Pacific killer whales (Orcinus orca): Bigg’s and resident ecotypes deserve species status

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are currently recognized as a single ecologically and morphologically diverse, globally distributed species. Multiple morphotypes or ecotypes have been described, often associated with feeding specialization, and several ...
Phillip A. Morin   +8 more
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Seven new dolphin mitochondrial genomes and a time-calibrated phylogeny of whales

open access: yesBMC Evolutionary Biology, 2009
Background The phylogeny of Cetacea (whales) is not fully resolved with substantial support. The ambiguous and conflicting results of multiple phylogenetic studies may be the result of the use of too little data, phylogenetic methods that do not ...
Zhou Kaiya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feeding habits of the atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis, in southeastern Brazil

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Oceanography
This study presents new information on the feeding habits of the Atlantic spotted dolphins, Stenella frontalis, in the Western South Atlantic. Nine stomach contents of S.
Xênia Moreira Lopes   +4 more
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