• DOI:10.1002/ar.20407
Corpus ID: 15460266

Structure of the cerebral cortex of the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae)

@article{Hof2007StructureOT,
  title={Structure of the cerebral cortex of the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae)},
  author={P. Hof and E. Van der Gucht},
  journal={The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology},
  year={2007},
  volume={290}
}

• P. Hof, E. Van der Gucht
• Published 2007
• Biology, Medicine
• The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Cetaceans diverged from terrestrial mammals between 50 and 60 million years ago and acquired, during their adaptation to a fully aquatic milieu, many derived features, including echolocation (in odontocetes), remarkable auditory and communicative abilities, as well as a complex social organization. [...] Key Method We studied the cerebral cortex of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in comparison to another balaenopterid, the fin whale, and representative odontocetes. We observed several differences…Expand