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Experimental determination of three-dimensional cervical joint mobility in the avian neck

BACKGROUND: Birds have highly mobile necks, but neither the details of how they realize complex poses nor the evolution of this complex musculoskeletal system is well-understood. Most previous work on avian neck function has focused on dorsoventral flexion, with few studies quantifying lateroflexion...

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Autores principales: Kambic, Robert E., Biewener, Andrew A., Pierce, Stephanie E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28747987
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0223-z