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Vertebral Adaptations to Large Body Size in Theropod Dinosaurs

Rugose projections on the anterior and posterior aspects of vertebral neural spines appear throughout Amniota and result from the mineralization of the supraspinous and interspinous ligaments via metaplasia, the process of permanent tissue-type transformation. In mammals, this metaplasia is generall...

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Autores principales: Wilson, John P., Woodruff, D. Cary, Gardner, Jacob D., Flora, Holley M., Horner, John R., Organ, Chris L.
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/PMC4956032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27442509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158962