A comparative study of the inner ear structures of artiodactyls and early cetaceans
- Ashland Univ., OH (United States)
- College of Charleston, SC (United States)
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.
- Research Organization:
- Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 122032
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EW/50625-T25; ON: DE95016555; TRN: 95:007740-0006
- 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
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