Enamel Structure in Odontocete Whales

• Main Author: Ishiyama, M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@USU 1987
• Subjects: Odontocete whales; dental enamel; enamel structure; prism patterns; prismless enamel; Life Sciences; Catodon; Monodon monoceros; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/microscopy/vol1/iss3/22; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1761&context=microscopy

With regard to the enamel structure of mammals, a large number of studies have been reported in the past. Of them, however, the enamel structure of odontocetes has not yet been sufficiently elucidated. The author therefore observed the enamel structure of 11 species in 7 families of living odontocet...