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"Short, R. V."

Short, R. V.: SEE Gaeth et al., 1999. (detail)
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Short, R. V. (detail)
   
1984
Hopping mad. In: D. G. Garlick & P. I. Korner (eds.), Frontiers in physiological research.
Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press: 371-386. 15 figs.
–Gen. acc. of dugongs and their physiology (382-384). States (383-384) that "We were fortunate in being able to karyotype a male and a female dugong, both of which had a diploid number of 50, again with many more metacentrics and submetacentrics than the elephants." This brief statement was the first report of the dugong's chromosome number.
 
 
Gaeth, A. P.; Short, R. V.; Renfree, M. B. (detail)
   
1999
The developing renal, reproductive, and respiratory systems of the African elephant suggest an aquatic ancestry.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96(10): 5555-5558. Illus. May 11, 1999.

Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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