Morphological diversity of the cetacean mandibular symphysis coincides with novel modes of aquatic feeding
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DOI: 10.1017/pab.2025.10061
Abstract: In whales, extreme modifications to the ancestral mammalian feeding apparatus facilitate novel modes of aquatic feeding. These modifications manifest in morphological diversity across a suite of characters, including the mandibular symphysis. Cetaceans span a range… read more here.
Keywords: novel modes; aquatic feeding; morphological diversity; modes aquatic ... See more keywords