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Title: A comparative study of the inner ear structures of artiodactyls and early cetaceans

Abstract

It has been suggested that the order Cetacea (whales and porpoises) are closely related to artiodactyls, even-hoofed ungulate mammals such as the pig and cow. Paleontological and molecular data strongly supports this concept of phylogenetic relationships. In a study of DNA sequences of two mitochondrial ribosomal gene segments of cetaceans, the artiodactyls were found to be closest related to Cetaceans. These well accepted studies on the phylogenetic affinities of artiodactyls and cetaceans cause us to conduct a comparative study of the bony structure of the inner ear of these two taxa.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Ashland Univ., OH (United States)
  2. College of Charleston, SC (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
122032
Report Number(s):
DOE/EW/50625-T25
ON: DE95016555; TRN: 95:007740-0006
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Summer Undergraduate Research Program: Environmental studies; McMillan, J. [ed.]; PB: 127 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; CETACEANS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; AUDITORY ORGANS; RUMINANTS; MITOCHONDRIA; DNA SEQUENCING; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY

Citation Formats

Klingshirn, M. A., and Luo, Z. A comparative study of the inner ear structures of artiodactyls and early cetaceans. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.2172/122032.
Klingshirn, M. A., & Luo, Z. A comparative study of the inner ear structures of artiodactyls and early cetaceans. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/122032
Klingshirn, M. A., and Luo, Z. 1994. "A comparative study of the inner ear structures of artiodactyls and early cetaceans". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/122032. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/122032.
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title = {A comparative study of the inner ear structures of artiodactyls and early cetaceans},
author = {Klingshirn, M. A. and Luo, Z.},
abstractNote = {It has been suggested that the order Cetacea (whales and porpoises) are closely related to artiodactyls, even-hoofed ungulate mammals such as the pig and cow. Paleontological and molecular data strongly supports this concept of phylogenetic relationships. In a study of DNA sequences of two mitochondrial ribosomal gene segments of cetaceans, the artiodactyls were found to be closest related to Cetaceans. These well accepted studies on the phylogenetic affinities of artiodactyls and cetaceans cause us to conduct a comparative study of the bony structure of the inner ear of these two taxa.},
doi = {10.2172/122032},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/122032}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994},
month = {Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994}
}