From salamanders to mammals: Continuity in musculoskeletal function during locomotion

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1983, Pages 191-197

  Peters, Susan E ^a   Goslow, G E ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Mechanics; Salamander

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HINDLIMB; MAMMALS; MUSCLES; ROTATION;

EID: 0020689969     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121518     Document Type: Article

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