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The evolution of pelvic canal shape and rotational birth in humans

BACKGROUND: The human foetus typically needs to rotate when passing through the tight birth canal because of the complex shape of the pelvis. In most women, the upper part, or inlet, of the birth canal has a round or mediolaterally oval shape, which is considered ideal for parturition, but it is unk...

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Autores principales: Stansfield, Ekaterina, Fischer, Barbara, Grunstra, Nicole D. S., Pouca, Maria Villa, Mitteroecker, Philipp
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8507337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34635119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01150-w