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The biomechanical significance of the elongated rodent incisor root in the mandible during incision

Rodents are characterised by a distinctive masticatory apparatus which includes a single pair of enlarged and continually growing incisors. This morphology, termed diprotodonty, has also independently evolved in a number of other mammals, including the aye-aye. This study examined the functional sig...

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Autores principales: Morris, Philip J. R., Cox, Philip G., Cobb, Samuel N. F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8907204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35264608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07779-z

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