Behavioral Performance and Evolution of Feeding Modes in Odontocetes
Vertebrate evolution has resulted in a diversity of feeding mechanisms. Cetaceans are secondarily derived tetrapods that have returned to a marine habitat. As a result, they display feeding modes that have converged with more basal aquatic vertebrates, but display a diversity of new solutions and ad...
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-463 |