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Ontogenetic Scaling of Fore- and Hind Limb Posture in Wild Chacma Baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus)

Large-scale interspecific studies of mammals ranging between 0.04–280 kg have shown that larger animals walk with more extended limb joints. Within a taxon or clade, however, the relationship between body size and joint posture is less straightforward. Factors that may affect the lack of congruence...

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Autores principales: Patel, Biren A., Horner, Angela M., Thompson, Nathan E., Barrett, Louise, Henzi, S. Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3726614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23923046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071020