Friday 7 November 2014

Origin of the unique ventilatory apparatus of turtles: How the tortoise's ribs got embedded in its shell

Date:
November 7, 2014

Source:
University of the Witwatersrand

Summary:
Through the careful study of modern and early fossil tortoise, researchers now have a better understanding of how tortoises breathe and the evolutionary processes that helped shape their unique breathing apparatus and tortoise shell.


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