Vertebral bone microarchitecture and osteocyte characteristics of three toothed whale species with varying diving behaviour

Abstract Although vertebral bone microarchitecture has been studied in various tetrapods, limited quantitative data are available on the structural and compositional changes of vertebrae in marine mammals. Whales exhibit exceptional swimming and diving behaviour, and they may not be immune to diving...

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Main Authors: Tim Rolvien, Michael Hahn, Ursula Siebert, Klaus Püschel, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Björn Busse, Michael Amling, Ralf Oheim
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/9619ba671ba64c9cb6e63f3a0bf54e5c
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