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Spheniscidae

Known as: Penguin, Penguins 
The sole family in the order Sphenisciformes, comprised of 17 species of penguins in six genera. They are flightless seabirds of the Southern… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Although penguins are key marine predators from the Southern Ocean, their migratory behaviour during the inter-nesting period… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is one of the most polymorphic regions of the genome, likely due to balancing… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Abstract. The fine-scale feeding behaviour of free-ranging Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) during a single foraging trip was… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Abstract The diving and foraging behaviours of Adélie penguins, Pygoscelis adeliae, rearing chiks at Hukuro Cove, Lützow-Holm Bay… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
-Survival analysis was used to examine the fates of eggs in six colonies of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at Cape Bird… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
We examined variation in the calls and facial patterns of Cliff Swallow (Hi- rundo pyrrhonota) chicks to test the prediction that… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
During 4- to 8-day periods at sea, half of 2595 dives of three king penguins were more than 50 meters and two dives exceeded 240… 
Review
1964
Review
1964
1. The chemical nature of the bile salts is a character that must be under the control of several genes and is also affected by…