Make No Bones about It: Long Bones Scale Isometrically

Long bones are far from being simple cylinders, so how is the relative positioning of their various features maintained during growth? A new study shows that growth is isometric and that drift from the correct position is minimized. Read the Research Article.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sedwick, Caitlin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
Materias:
Synopsis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26241695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002211
_version_ 1782384218286850048
author Sedwick, Caitlin
author_facet Sedwick, Caitlin
author_sort Sedwick, Caitlin
collection PubMed
description Long bones are far from being simple cylinders, so how is the relative positioning of their various features maintained during growth? A new study shows that growth is isometric and that drift from the correct position is minimized. Read the Research Article.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4524612
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher Public Library of Science
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-45246122015-08-06 Make No Bones about It: Long Bones Scale Isometrically Sedwick, Caitlin PLoS Biol Synopsis Long bones are far from being simple cylinders, so how is the relative positioning of their various features maintained during growth? A new study shows that growth is isometric and that drift from the correct position is minimized. Read the Research Article. Public Library of Science 2015-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4524612/ /pubmed/26241695 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002211 Text en © 2015 Caitlin Sedwick http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
spellingShingle Synopsis
Sedwick, Caitlin
Make No Bones about It: Long Bones Scale Isometrically
title Make No Bones about It: Long Bones Scale Isometrically
title_full Make No Bones about It: Long Bones Scale Isometrically
title_fullStr Make No Bones about It: Long Bones Scale Isometrically
title_full_unstemmed Make No Bones about It: Long Bones Scale Isometrically
title_short Make No Bones about It: Long Bones Scale Isometrically
title_sort make no bones about it: long bones scale isometrically
topic Synopsis
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26241695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002211
work_keys_str_mv AT sedwickcaitlin makenobonesaboutitlongbonesscaleisometrically

Ejemplares similares