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  1. May 21, 2007 · The fossil record demonstrates that mammals re-entered the marine realm on at least seven separate occasions. Five of these clades are still extant, whereas two are extinct. This review presents a brief introduction to the phylogeny of each group of marine mammals, based on the latest studies using both morphological and molecular data.

    • Mark D. Uhen
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    • 2007
    • 21 May 2007
  2. Jan 26, 2015 · To investigate convergent evolution at the genomic level, we sequenced and performed de novo assembly of the genomes of three species of marine mammals (the killer whale, walrus and manatee)...

    • Andrew D Foote, Andrew D Foote, Yue Liu, Gregg W C Thomas, Tomáš Vinař, Jessica Alföldi, Jixin Deng,...
    • 2015
  3. Harbor seal, walrus, dugong, and right whale) The first mammals were certainly terrestrial. There is good evidence that mammals evolved from reptile-like ancestor. Therefore at some point there was a transition from terrestrial environment to an aquatic lifestyle in this group of species. How did that occur?

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  4. Oct 18, 2012 · University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 2012. 205 pp., $49.95 (cloth), $25.62 (Kindle). ISBN 9780520270572. Annalisa Berta leads readers through a vast range of topics regarding the evolution of marine mammals in Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals. In this volume geared towards non-specialists (one might ...

    • Mark D. Uhen
    • muhen@gmu.edu
    • 2013
  5. Both morphological and molecular data tell us that the ancestors of the marine mammals were terrestrial, and that their various marine lifestyles have evolved independently at least seven times! Each lineage shows shared as well as unique evolutionary solutions to the challenges of living in water affecting their breathing, locomotion, feeding ...

  6. ABSTRACT. The fossil record demonstrates that mammals re-entered the marine realm on at least seven separate occasions. Five of these clades are still extant, whereas two are extinct. This review presents a brief introduction to the phylogeny of each group of marine mammals, based on the latest studies using both morphological and molecular data.

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  8. Abstract. The fossil record demonstrates that mammals re-entered the marine realm on at least seven separate occasions. Five of these clades are still extant, whereas two are extinct. This review presents a brief introduction to the phylogeny of each group of marine mammals, based on the latest studies using both morphological and molecular data.

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