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Humans, geometric similarity and the Froude number: is ‘‘reasonably close’’ really close enough?

Understanding locomotor energetics is imperative, because energy expended during locomotion, a requisite feature of primate subsistence, is lost to reproduction. Although metabolic energy expenditure can only be measured in extant species, using the equations of motion to calculate mechanical energy...

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Autores principales: Kramer, Patricia Ann, Sylvester, Adam D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23431123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.20122691