Bowhead rete.

Excised section of a bowhead whale (NSB-DWM 2008B11) rete; this portion of the rete is located on either side of the cerebellum; the smooth part of the dura touches the arachnoid (inside white dashed line); yellow arrows indicate the reticulate network of blood vessels that compose the rete.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David A. Waugh (4768380), J. G. M. Thewissen (11495416)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Biophysics
Genetics
Neuroscience
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
5 million years
include additional data
body mass using
body mass alter
provide new data
fossil cetacean eq
relative brain size
brain size increased
cetaceans </ p
cetacean eq evolution
cetacean evolution
brain mass
size change
sample size
new dataset
extant cetaceans
early evolution
eq coincided
estimate brain
data show
xlink ">
terrestrial artiodactyls
sudden increase
skeletal proxy
single method
significant increase
scaling coefficients
previous works
perceived timing
oligocene transition
oligocene boundary
modern suborders
modern mammals
middle miocene
methods used
endocranial volume
encephalization quotient
direct proxy
bowhead whale
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257803.g002
Description
Summary:Excised section of a bowhead whale (NSB-DWM 2008B11) rete; this portion of the rete is located on either side of the cerebellum; the smooth part of the dura touches the arachnoid (inside white dashed line); yellow arrows indicate the reticulate network of blood vessels that compose the rete.

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