Terranova ceticola n. sp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the dwarf sperm whale; Kogia simus (Owen), in the Gulf of Mexico
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Magnetic resonance images of the brain of a dwarf sperm whale (Kogia simus).
Cetacean (dolphin, whale and porpoise) brains are among the least studied mammalian brains because of the difficulty of collecting and histologically preparing such relatively rare and large specimens. Among cetaceans, there exist relatively few studies of the brain of the dwarf sperm whale (Kogia simus). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers a means of observing the internal structure of the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Systematic Parasitology
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0165-5752,1573-5192
DOI: 10.1007/bf00012236