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Evolution of cetacean osmoregulation

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Box 95, Rootstown, Ohio, 44272, USA

    J. G. M. Thewissen

  2. Desert Laboratory, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA

    L. J. Roe

  3. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA

    J. R. O'Neil

  4. Department of Anatomy, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 20059, USA

    S. T. Hussain

  5. Centre for Advanced Studies in Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160-014, India

    A. Sahni

  6. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, 24667, India

    S. Bajpai

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Thewissen, J., Roe, L., O'Neil, J. et al. Evolution of cetacean osmoregulation. Nature 381, 379–380 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/381379b0

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