Example of Baikal seal skull specimens. (a) Maxilla and (b) mandible tooth row. (c–f) Enlarged view of maxilla teeth. (c) Yellow arrows represent the number of cusps. (d) Yellow dashed line represents ...

The ability of bisphenols and hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls to activate estrogen receptor α and β subtypes (bsERα and bsERβ) in Baikal seals (Pusa sibirica) was evaluated by both in vitro and ...

Result of principal component analysis (PCA) on tooth morphology in Baikal seals and its relative species. Horizontal axis represents principal component 1 and vertical axis represents principal ...

Pinnipeds, colloquially known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is ...