Postnatal ontogeny of the spine of the Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri (Aves, Sphenisciformes) and modularity of the neck

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Sosa, María Alejandra, Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: CERVICAL MODULES; OSTEOLOGY; VERTEBRAL COLUMN; VERTEBRAL REGIONS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Acosta; Alicia; Argentina; Antarc*; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/187837

The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), the largest extant penguin, inhabits exclusively in Antarctica. Little is known about the spine of this species; this work presents a description of the vertebral column of an adult of A. forsteri, compared with specimens from different ontogenetic stages...