Author | ล tฤrba, Oldลich. author |
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Title | Embryology of Dolphins [electronic resource] : Staging and Ageing of Embryos and Fetuses of Some Cetaceans / by Oldลich ล tฤrba, Milan Klima, Bernd Schildger |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57297-5 |
Descript | X, 133 p. 35 illus. online resource |
1 Introduction -- 1.1 Length and Weight of Adults, Life Span -- 1.2 Length and Weight of Newborns, Ontogenetic Pattern -- 1.3 Summary -- 1.4 Duration of Intrauterine Development -- 1.5 Mating and Calving Seasons -- 1.6 Calving Intervals, Duration of Lactation -- 2 Aims of this Study -- 3 Material -- 4 Methods -- 4.1 Staging -- 4.2 Ageing -- 5 Results -- 5.1 Developmental Stages in the Dolphin Species Under Study -- 5.2 Development of Body Shape and Fetal Growth -- 5.3 Development of Head Shape and its Growth -- 5.4 Development of the Thoracic Limb (Flipper) -- 5.5 Development of Pelvic Limb Buds -- 5.6 Development of the Fluke -- 5.7 Development of the Dorsal Fin -- 5.8 Duration of Intrauterine Development -- 5.9 Mating and Calving Seasons -- 6 Discussion -- 6.1 Comparison of the Staging & Ageing Method with Other Methods -- 6.2 Duration of Intrauterine Development and the Mating and Calving Seasons -- References