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Astragalar Morphology of Selected Giraffidae

The artiodactyl astragalus has been modified to exhibit two trochleae, creating a double pullied structure allowing for significant dorso-plantar motion, and limited mediolateral motion. The astragalus structure is partly influenced by environmental substrates, and correspondingly, morphometric stud...

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Autores principales: Solounias, Nikos, Danowitz, Melinda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4814102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27028515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151310