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Endocranial and masticatory muscle volumes in myostatin-deficient mice

Structural and functional trade-offs are integral to the evolution of the mammalian skull and its development. This paper examines the potential for enlargement of the masticatory musculature to limit the size of the endocranial cavity by studying a myostatin-deficient mouse model of hypermuscularit...

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Autores principales: Jeffery, Nathan, Mendias, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140187