Journal article
Population level "flipperedness" in the eastern Pacific leatherback turtle
Behavioural brain research, v 206(1), pp 135-138
05 Jan 2010
PMID: 19712702
Abstract
Limb preference is a behavioral indicator of lateralized brain function that was recently elucidated experimentally in lower vertebrates. We assessed natural spontaneous limb use of nesting eastern Pacific leatherback turtles by recording which hindlimb flipper was extended overtop the cloaca to cover the egg chamber during oviposition. We found a population level right bias in 1889 observations of 361 individuals. This is the first report of a limb preference in Testudinata.
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- Title
- Population level "flipperedness" in the eastern Pacific leatherback turtle
- Creators
- Annette E Sieg - Department of Biology, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. aes48@drexel.eduEugenia ZandonàVictor M IzzoFrank V PaladinoJames R Spotila
- Publication Details
- Behavioural brain research, v 206(1), pp 135-138
- Publisher
- Elsevier; Netherlands
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000272099700018
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-70350211855
- Other Identifier
- 991014878195404721
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- Behavioral Sciences
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