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From: Resurrecting Darwin’s Niata - anatomical, biomechanical, genetic, and morphometric studies of morphological novelty in cattle

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Lateral view of the skull in ancestral (left) and brachycephalic (right) conditions in several domesticated mammals, including the Niata cow. (a) Cattle; Niata specimen based on NHMD-ZMK-MK-1109 from Copenhagen. (b) Goat, Egyptian goat (based on NMW 2073 from Vienna). (c) Wild boar, brachycephalic pig breed. (d) Wolf, Bulldog (e) Cat, Siamese cat (based on Schlueter et al.72). Based on specimens at the Palaeontological Museum Zurich; drawings by K. Veitschegger and Tímea Bodogán.

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