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Gross and histological morphology of the cervical gill slit gland of the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) |
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| Authors: | Tiffany F Keenan William A McLellan Sentiel A Rommel Alexander M Costidis Craig A Harms ‘Hans’ JGM Thewissen David S Rotstein Mark D Gay Charles W Potter Alison R Taylor Ying Wang D Ann Pabst |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina;2. Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing - review & editing;3. Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina Contribution: Investigation, Visualization, Writing - review & editing;4. Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia Contribution: Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing - review & editing;5. Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, North Carolina State University, Morehead City, North Carolina Contribution: Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing - review & editing;6. Department of Anatomy/Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio Contribution: Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing;7. Marine Mammal Pathology Services, Olney, Maryland Contribution: Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing;8. Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina Contribution: Methodology, Writing - review & editing;9. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Contribution: Data curation, Writing - review & editing;10. University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Wilmington, North Carolina Contribution: Methodology, Writing - review & editing;11. Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina Contribution: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - review & editing |
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| Keywords: | cetacean chemical communication gland integument semiochemical |