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Size and shape variability in the skull of the Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
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Autor/a:
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Parés Casanova, Pere-Miquel; Fabre, L.
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The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a widely spread cetacean species. We present a quantitative analysis of age dimorphism variation in the skull of T. truncatus assessed by geometric morphometrics (GM) methods. Differences in size and shape of skulls were investigated using eight landmarks plotted on 2-D images of ventral views of 14 museum specimens. The results of GM revealed differences in size, but not in shape. The left side appears more variable, which is probably an effect of telescoping. |
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-Osteology
-Animal anatomy
-Geometric morphometrics
-Osteologia forense
-Anatomia veterinària
-Morfologia animal
-Dofins
-Forensic osteology
-Veterinary anatomy
-Animal morphology
-Dolphins |
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(c) Blackwell Verlag GmbH, Willey Online Library, 2013
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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Article
Article - Versió publicada |
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Blackwell Verlag GmbH, Willey Online Library
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