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Musculoskeletal networks reveal topological disparity in mammalian neck evolution
BACKGROUND: The increase in locomotor and metabolic performance during mammalian evolution was accompanied by the limitation of the number of cervical vertebrae to only seven. In turn, nuchal muscles underwent a reorganization while forelimb muscles expanded into the neck region. As variation in the...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29237396 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1101-1 |