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Functional Relationship between Skull Form and Feeding Mechanics in Sphenodon, and Implications for Diapsid Skull Development

The vertebrate skull evolved to protect the brain and sense organs, but with the appearance of jaws and associated forces there was a remarkable structural diversification. This suggests that the evolution of skull form may be linked to these forces, but an important area of debate is whether bone i...

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Autores principales: Curtis, Neil, Jones, Marc E. H., Shi, Junfen, O'Higgins, Paul, Evans, Susan E., Fagan, Michael J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3247290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22216358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029804