Forelimb bone curvature in terrestrial and arboreal mammals

It has recently been proposed that the caudal curvature (concave caudal side) observed in the radioulna of terrestrial quadrupeds is an adaptation to the habitual action of the triceps muscle which causes cranial bending strains (compression on cranial side). The caudal curvature is proposed to be a...

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Autores principales: Henderson, Keith, Pantinople, Jess, McCabe, Kyle, Richards, Hazel L., Milne, Nick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
Materias:
Animal Behavior
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5408721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462036
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3229

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5408721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462036
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3229

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