An asymmetric dental formula in a mammal, the São Tome Island fruit bat Myonycteris brachycephala (Mammalia: Megachiroptera)
The dental formula in heterodont mammals characteristically shows bilateral symmetry. Its expression is likely to be subject to very strong selective pressures, since it is associated with such basic functions as the acquisition and preparation of food. Here we report the exceptional finding of the...
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Bibliographic Details
| Authors: |
Juste, Javier,
Ibáñez, Carlos |
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| Format: | article
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| Publication Date: | 1993 |
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| Country: | España |
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| Institution: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
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| Repository: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
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| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/48798 |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/48798
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| Access Level: | Open access |
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