Open Journal of Animal Sciences

Vol.6 No.2(2016), Paper ID 65685, 6 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojas.2016.62016

 

Sexual Dimorphism in Pelvic Bone Shape of the North Pacific Common Minke Whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

 

Naoko Miyakawa, Toshiya Kishiro, Yoshihiro Fujise, Gen Nakamura, Hidehiro Kato

 

Laboratory of Cetacean Biology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Yokohama, Japan
Institute of Cetacean Research, Tokyo, Japan
Laboratory of Cetacean Biology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Laboratory of Cetacean Biology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

 

Copyright © 2016 Naoko Miyakawa, Toshiya Kishiro, Yoshihiro Fujise, Gen Nakamura, Hidehiro Kato et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Miyakawa, N. , Kishiro, T. , Fujise, Y. , Nakamura, G. and Kato, H. (2016) Sexual Dimorphism in Pelvic Bone Shape of the North Pacific Common Minke Whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 6, 131-136. doi: 10.4236/ojas.2016.62016.

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