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Feeding biomechanics suggests progressive correlation of skull architecture and neck evolution in turtles

The origin of turtles is one of the most long-lasting debates in evolutionary research. During their evolution, a series of modifications changed their relatively kinetic and anapsid skull into an elongated akinetic structure with a unique pulley system redirecting jaw adductor musculature. These mo...

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Autores principales: Ferreira, Gabriel S., Lautenschlager, Stephan, Evers, Serjoscha W., Pfaff, Cathrin, Kriwet, Jürgen, Raselli, Irena, Werneburg, Ingmar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7099039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32218478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62179-5