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The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) cervical vertebral column: a heuristic example in understanding evolutionary processes?

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Badlangana, N. Ludo, Adams, Justin W., Manger, Paul R. (2009): The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) cervical vertebral column: a heuristic example in understanding evolutionary processes? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (3): 736-757, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00458.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00458.x

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