...Nicolas Séon; Isabelle Brasseur; Christopher Scala; Théo Tacail; Sidonie Catteau; François Fourel; Peggy Vincent; Christophe Lécuyer; Guillaume Suan; Sylvain Charbonnier; Arnauld Vinçon-Laugier; Romain Amiot ABSTRACT The secondary adaptation of Cetacea to a fully marine lifestyle raises...

... via elastic recoil. Cetacea Mysticete Temporomandibular TMJ Morphology Biomechanics Elasticity Hampden-Sydney College Rorquals (groove-throated whales, Balaenopteridae) include humpback, fin and blue whales, the largest animals that have ever lived. During ram-propelled...

... of Biologists Ltd 2018 http://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: The baleen of right and bowhead whales is longer than the height of the mouth; experiments show it is highly flexible and bends along its length to accommodate mouth closure. Cetacea Mysticete Jaw Keratin Filter...

..., is highly conserved among many species of the order Cetacea but not among terrestrial mammals. Semi-quantitative PCR revealed that AQP2 was expressed only in the kidney, similar to terrestrial mammals. In contrast, alternative AQP2 was expressed in all organs examined, with strong expression in the kidney...

... declared. 28 2 2013 28 5 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena whale Cetacea rete diving The presence of elaborate arterial retia (without any venous companion) in the thoracic region of cetaceans was probably...

... 7 8 2012 24 11 2012 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 Cetacea mysticete whale filter feeding biomechanics hydrodynamics Baleen is not a static material. The filtering apparatus of whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti) is usually compared to a net or sieve...

... of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 Cetacea forelimb flipper wind tunnel hydrodynamics feeding control surface engulfment lunge Cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are exceptional mammals that have adapted to life in a marine environment. They are the only marine mammals that have...