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Forelimb preferences in quadrupedal marsupials and their implications for laterality evolution in mammals

BACKGROUND: Acquisition of upright posture in evolution has been argued to facilitate manual laterality in primates. Owing to the high variety of postural habits marsupials can serve as a suitable model to test whether the species-typical body posture shapes forelimb preferences in non-primates or t...

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Autores principales: Giljov, Andrey, Karenina, Karina, Malashichev, Yegor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-61