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Cranial sutures work collectively to distribute strain throughout the reptile skull

The skull is composed of many bones that come together at sutures. These sutures are important sites of growth, and as growth ceases some become fused while others remain patent. Their mechanical behaviour and how they interact with changing form and loadings to ensure balanced craniofacial developm...

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Autores principales: Curtis, Neil, Jones, M. E. H., Evans, S. E., O'Higgins, P., Fagan, M. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23804444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.0442