• 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={Patrick R. Hof and Estel Van der Gucht},
  journal={Anatomical record},
  year={2007},
  volume={290 1},
  pages={
          1-31
        }
}

Patrick R. Hof, Estel Van der Gucht

Published in Anatomical record 2007

Biology, Medicine

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 Abstract

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